| Ninotchka | |
| Director: | Tom Donovan |
| Screenplay: | Charles Brackett (1939 screenplay)) Walter Reisch (1939 screenplay) Billy Wilder (1939 screenplay) |
| Producer: | David Susskind |
| Starring: | Maria Schell Gig Young Zsa Zsa Gabor |
| Production Companies: | --> |
| Distributor: | American Broadcasting Company |
| 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.
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]
The Los Angeles Times called it an "expert production".[3] The Chicago Tribune said Schell "couldn't have been a bigger hit."[4] The New York Times called it a "highly polished production" which had "dated".[5]