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Ninotchka (1960 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Ninotchka' is a 1960 American TV film. It is a remake of the 1939 Greta Garbo film 'Ninotchka'. It was directed by Tom Donovan.
Cast
*Maria Schell as Ninotchka
*Gig Young as Leon
*Mischa Auer as Buljanoff
*Leon Belasco as Iranoff
*Henry Lascoe as Kopalski
*Friedrich von Ledebur
*Zsa Zsa Gabor
*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."
Reception
The 'Los Angeles Times' called it an "expert production". The 'Chicago Tribune' said Schell "couldn't have been a bigger hit." The 'New York Times' called it a "highly polished production" which had "dated".
References
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