CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1939
Ninotchka posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1939 1h 50m USA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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Why this pick

Lubitsch again pairs exquisite comic timing with romantic restraint: a sophisticated, warmly humane comedy where attraction develops through witty misunderstandings and carefully controlled emotion.

Trouble in Paradise poster 02

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Trouble in Paradise

Why this pick

For Ninotchka’s champagne-dry dialogue, elegant European settings, and playful moral ambiguity, this earlier Lubitsch comedy is an especially polished match.

The Lady Eve poster 03

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The Lady Eve

Why this pick

Its dazzling verbal sparring, poised romantic gamesmanship, and glamorous comic reversals echo the pleasure of watching Ninotchka’s guarded heroine meet her match.

Midnight poster 04

Movie / 1939 / Comedy

Midnight

Why this pick

A sparkling Paris-set screwball romance with a sophisticated surface, quick dialogue, and generous feeling beneath its farcical deceptions.

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Movie / 1942 / Comedy

The Palm Beach Story

Why this pick

This fast, worldly romantic comedy shares Ninotchka’s affection for absurd social rituals, immaculate comic construction, and characters who become more vulnerable than they first appear.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

Three Soviet agents, Iranoff, Buljanoff, and Kopalski, arrive in Paris to sell jewelry confiscated from the aristocracy during the Russian Revolution of 1917.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

Count Leon d'Algout

Ina Claire

Grand Duchess Swana

Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi

Commissar Razinin

Gregory Gaye

Count Alexis Rakonin

Rolfe Sedan

Hotel Manager

Dorothy Adams

Swana's Maid Jacqueline

Symona Boniface

Gossip

Paul Ellis

Minor Role