Ninotchka (1960 film)
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Directed byTom Donovan
Written byRoger O. Hirson (1960 adaptation)
Melchior Lengyel (story)
Melchior Lengyel (story)
Screenplay byCharles Brackett (1939 screenplay))
Walter Reisch (1939 screenplay)
Billy Wilder (1939 screenplay)
Walter Reisch (1939 screenplay)
Billy Wilder (1939 screenplay)
Based onNinotchka
1939 film
by Ernst Lubitsch
1939 film
by Ernst Lubitsch
| Ninotchka | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Tom Donovan |
| Written by | Roger O. Hirson (1960 adaptation) Melchior Lengyel (story) |
| Screenplay by | Charles Brackett (1939 screenplay)) Walter Reisch (1939 screenplay) Billy Wilder (1939 screenplay) |
| Based on | Ninotchka 1939 film by Ernst Lubitsch |
| Produced by | David Susskind |
| Starring | Maria Schell Gig Young Zsa Zsa Gabor |
| Distributed by | American Broadcasting Company |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Ninotchka is a 1960 American TV film. It is a remake of the 1939 Greta Garbo film Ninotchka. It was directed by Tom Donovan.[1]
Ninotchka (Maria Schell) is a dedicated Soviet official on assignment in Paris to barter jewels for farm machinery. Her perspective on life changes when she falls in love.
Cast
- Maria Schell as Ninotchka
- Gig Young as Leon
- Zsa Zsa Gabor
- Leon Belasco as Iranoff
- Mischa Auer as Buljanoff
- Henry Lascoe as Kopalski
- Friedrich von Ledebur
- William Hansen
- Gerald Hiken
- Anne Meara as Anna
- Boris Tumarin
Production
It was one of a series of movies that David Susskind and his Talent Associates adapted for television. The starring role was given to Maria Schell who had just appeared in a TV adaptation of For Whom the Bell Tolls. Schell said she had not seen the film. She added that Billy Wilder told her "This is a girl who feels she has to be in love with mankind -and she falls in love with a man."[2]
