Ninotchka (1939) w/ subtitles

Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas star in this American romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, co-written by Billy Wilder (prior to his emergence as a major film director himself). Plot (IMDb): A stern Soviet woman is sent to Paris to supervise the sale of jewels seized from Russian nobles and finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to hate. Review (Filmsite): “...classic... with a clever and witty script and the magnificent presence of actress Greta Garbo... Masterfully produced and directed....“ – Tim Dirks Classic Universal horror film fans should be pleased to note the cameo by Bela Lugosi himself as Garbo’s Soviet superior, marking one of the few times outside of ’Dracula’ that his natural eastern European accent was used to good advantage in a film. “Ninotchka“ was nominated for four Academy Awards, but lost every one of them to “G