--- title: "Ninotchka: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/ninotchka/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/ninotchka" cast: 57 crew: 31 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Ninotchka (1939): cast and crew 57 cast and 31 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Greta Garbo](https://film.one/person/greta-garbo.md) as Nina "Ninotchka" Ivanovna Yakushova - [Melvyn Douglas](https://film.one/person/melvyn-douglas.md) as Count Leon d'Algout - [Ina Claire](https://film.one/person/ina-claire.md) as Grand Duchess Swana - [Bela Lugosi](https://film.one/person/bela-lugosi.md) as Commissar Razinin - [Sig Ruman](https://film.one/person/sig-ruman.md) as Comrade Iranoff - [Felix Bressart](https://film.one/person/felix-bressart.md) as Comrade Buljanoff - [Alexander Granach](https://film.one/person/alexander-granach.md) as Comrade Kopalski - [Gregory Gaye](https://film.one/person/gregory-gaye.md) as Count Alexis Rakonin - [Rolfe Sedan](https://film.one/person/rolfe-sedan.md) as Hotel Manager - [Edwin Maxwell](https://film.one/person/edwin-maxwell.md) as Mercier - [Richard Carle](https://film.one/person/richard-carle.md) as Gaston - [George Davis](https://film.one/person/george-davis.md) as Porter at Railroad Station (uncredited) - [Dorothy Adams](https://film.one/person/dorothy-adams.md) as Swana's Maid Jacqueline (uncredited) - Monya Andre as Gossip (uncredited) - Nino Bellini as Swana's Restaurant Guest (uncredited) - Wilda Bennett as Swana's Restaurant Guest (uncredited) - Symona Boniface as Gossip (uncredited) - Frederika Brown as Swana's Restaurant Patron (uncredited) - Emilie Cabanne as Gossip (uncredited) - Paul Ellis as Minor Role (uncredited) - Fred Farrell as Attendant (uncredited) - Frank Fletcher as Minor Role (uncredited) - [Bess Flowers](https://film.one/person/bess-flowers.md) as Gossip (uncredited) - [Mary Forbes](https://film.one/person/mary-forbes.md) as Lady Lavenham (uncredited) - Jody Gilbert as Streetcar Conductress - Moscow Roommate (uncredited) - [Lawrence Grant](https://film.one/person/lawrence-grant.md) as General Savitsky (uncredited) - Jennifer Gray as Cigarette Girl (uncredited) - Winifred Harris as English Lady Getting Visa (uncredited) - Ray Hendricks as Waiter (uncredited) - William Irving as Bartender (uncredited) - Hans Joby as Man at Railroad Station (uncredited) - [Charles Judels](https://film.one/person/charles-judels.md) as Cafe Owner Pere Mathieu (uncredited) - Armand Kaliz as Louis the Headwaiter (uncredited) - [Ernst Lubitsch](https://film.one/person/ernst-lubitsch.md) as Himself - Director in Trailer (uncredited) - Peggy Moran as First Cigarette Girl (uncredited) - Sandra Morgan as Gossip (uncredited) - Lucille Pinson as German Woman at Railroad Station (uncredited) - Albert Pollet as Waiter (uncredited) - [Frank Reicher](https://film.one/person/frank-reicher.md) as Soviet Lawyer (uncredited) - Constantine Romanoff as Man in Restaurant (uncredited) - Alexander Schoenberg as Bearded Eiffel Tower Tourist (uncredited) - Harry Semels as Gurganov (uncredited) - Tamara Shayne as Moscow Roommate Anna (uncredited) - Florence Shirley as Swana's Phone Friend Marianne (uncredited) - George Sorel as Swana's Restaurant Guest (uncredited) - Edwin Stanley as Soviet Lawyer (uncredited) - Kay Stewart as Cigarette Girl (uncredited) - [George Tobias](https://film.one/person/george-tobias.md) as Russian Visa Official (uncredited) - Jacques Vanaire as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) - Ellinor Vanderveer as Gossip (uncredited) - [Paul Weigel](https://film.one/person/paul-weigel.md) as Vladimir, with Letter from Leon (uncredited) - Elizabeth Williams as Indignant Woman (uncredited) - Marek Windheim as Manager (uncredited) - Wolfgang Zilzer as Taxi Driver (uncredited) - Charles Fogel as Club Patron (uncredited) - Dick Gordon as Club Patron (uncredited) - Herschel Graham as Club Patron (uncredited) ## Directing - [Ernst Lubitsch](https://film.one/person/ernst-lubitsch.md): Director - John Waters: Second Unit Director - Horace Hough: Assistant Director ## Writing - [Walter Reisch](https://film.one/person/walter-reisch.md): Screenplay - [Charles Brackett](https://film.one/person/charles-brackett.md): Screenplay - [Billy Wilder](https://film.one/person/billy-wilder.md): Screenplay - Melchior Lengyel: Story ## Production - [Ernst Lubitsch](https://film.one/person/ernst-lubitsch.md): Executive Producer - [Sidney Franklin](https://film.one/person/sidney-franklin.md): Associate Producer ## Camera - [William H. Daniels](https://film.one/person/william-h-daniels.md): Director of Photography - William Riley: Assistant Camera - Arnold Webster: Grip - A. Lindsley Lane: Camera Operator - Milton Brown: Still Photographer ## Editing - [Gene Ruggiero](https://film.one/person/gene-ruggiero.md): Editor ## Sound and music - [Werner R. Heymann](https://film.one/person/werner-r-heymann.md): Original Music Composer - Douglas Shearer: Recording Supervision, Sound Director - Wally Heglin: Supervising Sound Editor - Maurice De Packh: Orchestrator - Conrad Kahn: Sound Engineer - [Sidney Cutner](https://film.one/person/sidney-cutner.md): Orchestrator - Leonid Raab: Orchestrator ## Art - Edwin B. Willis: Set Decoration - [Cedric Gibbons](https://film.one/person/cedric-gibbons.md): Art Direction - Randall Duell: Assistant Art Director - George Elder: Props ## Costume and make-up - [Adrian](https://film.one/person/adrian.md): Costume Design - Beth Langston: Hairstylist - Jack Rohan: Wardrobe Supervisor - Sydney Guilaroff: Hairstylist - Jack Dawn: Makeup Designer --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/film/ninotchka.md