Ninotschka

(Ernst Lubitsch, 1939, USA/MGM, 110 min., s/w)

Buck sagte eimal in einem Interview: ".... Ich habe einen Hang zu Filmen wie "Ninotschka". In dem Lubitsch-Film spielt die Garbo eine Erzkommunistin, die in das Reich des Kapitalismus kommt und sich dort plötzlich verliebt. Genau solch einen Charakter wollte ich haben."

Cast (in credits order)
Greta Garbo .... Ninotchka (Nina Ivanovna Yakushova)
Melvyn Douglas .... Count Leon d'Algout
Ina Claire (I) .... Grand Duchess Swana
Bela Lugosi .... Commissar Razinin
Sig Ruman .... Michael Simonavich Iranoff (as Sig Rumann)
Felix Bressart .... Buljanoff
Alexander Granach .... Kopalski
Gregory Gaye .... Count Alexis Rakonin
Rolfe Sedan .... Hotel Manager
Edwin Maxwell .... Mercier, the Jeweler
Richard Carle .... Gaston, the Butler

rest of cast listed alphabetically

Dorothy Adams .... Jacqueline, Swana's maid (uncredited)
Monya Andre .... Gossip (uncredited)
Nino Bellini .... Swana's Restaurant Guest (uncredited)
Wilda Bennett .... Swana's Restaurant Guest (uncredited)
Symona Boniface .... Gossip (uncredited)
Emilie Cabanne .... Gossip (uncredited)
George Davis (I) .... Porter (uncredited)
Bess Flowers .... Gossip (uncredited)
Mary Forbes (I) .... Lady Lavenham (uncredited)
Jody Gilbert .... Streetcar Conductress (uncredited)
Lawrence Grant .... General Savitsky (uncredited)
Jennifer Gray .... Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Winifred Harris .... English Lady Getting Visa (uncredited)
Ray Hendricks .... Waiter (uncredited)
William Irving (I) .... Bartender (uncredited)

Hans Joby .... Man at Railroad Station (uncredited)
Charles Judels .... Pere Mathieu, Cafe Owner (uncredited)
Armand Kaliz .... Louis, the Headwaiter (uncredited)
Peggy Moran .... Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Sandra Morgan .... Gossip (uncredited)
Albert Pollet .... Waiter (uncredited)
Frank Reicher .... Lawyer (uncredited)
Constantine Romanoff .... Man in Restaurant (uncredited)
Alexander Schoenberg .... Bearded Man (uncredited)
Harry Semels .... Gorganoff, the Neighbor Spy (uncredited)
Tamara Shayne .... Anna (uncredited)
Florence Shirley .... Marianne (uncredited)
George Sorel .... Swana's Restaurant Guest (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley .... Lawyer (uncredited)
Kay Stewart .... Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
George Tobias .... Russian Visa Official (uncredited)
Jacques Vanaire .... Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer .... Gossip (uncredited)
Paul Weigel .... Vladimir (uncredited)
Elizabeth Williams (II) .... Indignant Woman (uncredited)
Marek Windheim .... Cafe Manager (uncredited)
Wolfgang Zilzer .... Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch

Writing credits (in credits order)
Melchior Lengyel (story)
Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder and Walter Reisch

Produced by Ernst Lubitsch

Original music by Werner R. Heymann


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