| Genre | Comedy |
| Format | Black & White, Closed-captioned, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Subtitled |
| Contributor | Alexander Granach, Bela Lugosi, Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, Edwin Maxwell, Ernst Lubitsch, Felix Bressart, Gregory Gaye, Greta Garbo, Ina Claire, Melchior Lengyel, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Carle, Rolfe Sedan, Sigfried Rumann, Walter Reisch See more |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 50 minutes |
Ninotchka (DVD) Garbo Talks! proclaimed ads when silent star Greta Garbo debuted in talkies. Nine years and 12 classic screen dramas later, the gifted movie legend was ready for another change. Garbo Laughs! cheered the publicity for her first comedy, a frothy tale of a dour Russian envoy sublimating her womanhood for Soviet brotherhood until she falls for a suave Parisian man-about-town (Melvyn Douglas). Working from a cleverly barbed script written in part by Billy Wilder, director Ernst Lubitsch knew better than anyone how to marry refinement with sublime wit. “At least twice a day the most dignified human being is ridiculous,” he explained about his acclaimed Lubitsch Touch. That’s how we see Garbo’s lovestruck Ninotchka: serenely dignified yet endearingly ridiculous. Garbo laughs. So will you.
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