Ninotchka

Ninotchka is a 1939 film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The screenplay is based on a story by the Hungarian dramatist Menyhért Lengyel (Melchior), a friend of Lubitsch. ==Story[ Edit] == Three spies from Russia are sent to Paris to sell jewelry there. However, they hit here accustomed to free life. Therefore, it is also sent to Paris to the men now Ninotchka back on the straight path. But she also gets other things to the head. ==Trivia[ Edit] == ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] ==
 * The slogan, Garbo Laughs!, was already figured out before the screenplay was written.
 * Leon, played the role of Melvyn Douglas, was originally intended for Spencer Tracy. Other actors who were considered for the role, William Powell, Robert Montgomery and Cary Grant.
 * The movie would be officially directed by George Cukor . When it became apparent that all his time had to go to Gone with the Wind, Ernst Lubitsch took it over. To make up for it, if Lubitsch also The Shop Around The Corner directing MGM.
 * Ernst Lubitsch was made the scenario not good enough and left it again writing by other writers.
 * In 1955, the story, renamed in Silk Stockings, as Broadway musical on the shelves with Hildegard Knef in a leading role. With the same title was two years later by MGM released a film version with Fred Astaire and roles for Wim Sonneveld.