"Garbo Laughs!"

1939

1h 50m

7.5(404 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Overview

A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

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Cast & Crew

57 members

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Greta Garbo

Nina "Ninotchka" Ivanovna Yakushova

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Melvyn Douglas

Count Leon d'Algout

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Ina Claire

Grand Duchess Swana

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Bela Lugosi

Commissar Razinin

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Sig Ruman

Comrade Iranoff

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Felix Bressart

Comrade Buljanoff

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Alexander Granach

Comrade Kopalski

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Gregory Gaye

Count Alexis Rakonin

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Rolfe Sedan

Hotel Manager

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Edwin Maxwell

Mercier

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Richard Carle

Gaston

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George Davis

Porter at Railroad Station (uncredited)

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Dorothy Adams

Swana's Maid Jacqueline (uncredited)

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Monya Andre

Gossip (uncredited)

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Nino Bellini

Swana's Restaurant Guest (uncredited)

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Wilda Bennett

Swana's Restaurant Guest (uncredited)

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Symona Boniface

Gossip (uncredited)

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Frederika Brown

Swana's Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

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Emilie Cabanne

Gossip (uncredited)

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Paul Ellis

Minor Role (uncredited)

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Fred Farrell

Attendant (uncredited)

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Frank Fletcher

Minor Role (uncredited)

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Bess Flowers

Gossip (uncredited)

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Mary Forbes

Lady Lavenham (uncredited)

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Jody Gilbert

Streetcar Conductress - Moscow Roommate (uncredited)

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Lawrence Grant

General Savitsky (uncredited)

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Jennifer Gray

Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

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Winifred Harris

English Lady Getting Visa (uncredited)

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Ray Hendricks

Waiter (uncredited)

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William Irving

Bartender (uncredited)

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Hans Joby

Man at Railroad Station (uncredited)

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Charles Judels

Cafe Owner Pere Mathieu (uncredited)

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Armand Kaliz

Louis the Headwaiter (uncredited)

Directing

Ernst Lubitsch

Himself - Director in Trailer (uncredited)

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Peggy Moran

First Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

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Sandra Morgan

Gossip (uncredited)

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Lucille Pinson

German Woman at Railroad Station (uncredited)

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Albert Pollet

Waiter (uncredited)

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Frank Reicher

Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)

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Constantine Romanoff

Man in Restaurant (uncredited)

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Alexander Schoenberg

Bearded Eiffel Tower Tourist (uncredited)

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Harry Semels

Gurganov (uncredited)

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Tamara Shayne

Moscow Roommate Anna (uncredited)

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Florence Shirley

Swana's Phone Friend Marianne (uncredited)

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George Sorel

Swana's Restaurant Guest (uncredited)

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Edwin Stanley

Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)

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Kay Stewart

Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

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George Tobias

Russian Visa Official (uncredited)

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Jacques Vanaire

Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

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Ellinor Vanderveer

Gossip (uncredited)

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Paul Weigel

Vladimir, with Letter from Leon (uncredited)

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Elizabeth Williams

Indignant Woman (uncredited)

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Marek Windheim

Manager (uncredited)

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Wolfgang Zilzer

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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Charles Fogel

Club Patron (uncredited)

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Dick Gordon

Club Patron (uncredited)

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Herschel Graham

Club Patron (uncredited)

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