Top Billed Cast

Greta Garbo
Nina "Ninotchka" Ivanovna Yakushova
Melvyn Douglas
Count Leon d'Algout
Ina Claire
Grand Duchess Swana
Bela Lugosi
Commissar Razinin
Sig Ruman
Comrade Iranoff
Felix Bressart
Comrade Buljanoff
Alexander Granach
Comrade Kopalski
Gregory Gaye
Count Alexis Rakonin
Rolfe Sedan
Hotel Manager
Edwin Maxwell
Mercier
Richard Carle
Gaston
George Davis
Porter at Railroad Station (uncredited)
Dorothy Adams
Swana's Maid Jacqueline (uncredited)
Monya Andre
Gossip (uncredited)
Nino Bellini
Swana's Restaurant Guest (uncredited)
Wilda Bennett
Swana's Restaurant Guest (uncredited)
Symona Boniface
Gossip (uncredited)
Frederika Brown
Swana's Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Emilie Cabanne
Gossip (uncredited)
Paul Ellis
Minor Role (uncredited)
Fred Farrell
Attendant (uncredited)
Frank Fletcher
Minor Role (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Gossip (uncredited)
Mary Forbes
Lady Lavenham (uncredited)
Jody Gilbert
Streetcar Conductress - Moscow Roommate (uncredited)
Lawrence Grant
General Savitsky (uncredited)
Jennifer Gray
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Winifred Harris
English Lady Getting Visa (uncredited)
Ray Hendricks
Waiter (uncredited)
William Irving
Bartender (uncredited)
Hans Joby
Man at Railroad Station (uncredited)
Charles Judels
Cafe Owner Pere Mathieu (uncredited)
Armand Kaliz
Louis the Headwaiter (uncredited)
Ernst Lubitsch
Himself - Director in Trailer (uncredited)
Peggy Moran
First Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Sandra Morgan
Gossip (uncredited)
Lucille Pinson
German Woman at Railroad Station (uncredited)
Albert Pollet
Waiter (uncredited)
Frank Reicher
Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)
Constantine Romanoff
Man in Restaurant (uncredited)
Alexander Schoenberg
Bearded Eiffel Tower Tourist (uncredited)
Harry Semels
Gurganov (uncredited)
Tamara Shayne
Moscow Roommate Anna (uncredited)
Florence Shirley
Swana's Phone Friend Marianne (uncredited)
George Sorel
Swana's Restaurant Guest (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley
Soviet 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, with Letter from Leon (uncredited)
Elizabeth Williams
Indignant Woman (uncredited)
Marek Windheim
Manager (uncredited)
Wolfgang Zilzer
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Charles Fogel
Club Patron (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Club Patron (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Club Patron (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Mar 06 2024

Although Greta Garbo takes top billing here - and she's great - I think this film really belongs to the on-form Melvyn Douglas as the scheming "Leon". He is the boyfriend of the Imperial Grand Duchess "Swana" (Ina Claire) who is living in exile in Paris. The newly formed Soviet Union is a bit broke, so three of it's finest representatives have arrived with what was her priceless jewellery so they can sell it on. "Leon" sees a chance for them to cash in so gets an injunction stalling the sale and that results in Moscow sending their best agent (Garbo) to get the job done. She's a no-nonsense com...