Nina Ivanovna Yakushova

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Nina Ivanovna Yakushova, better known as Ninotchka, is the stern Soviet envoy whose gradual transformation into a warm, romantic figure drives the plot of the classic 1939 Greta Garbo film "Ninotchka."

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instanceOf fictional character
film character
alsoKnownAs Ninotchka NERFINISHED
appearsIn Ninotchka NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre romantic comedy film
satirical film
centralTheme political satire
romantic transformation
characterTrait idealistic
romantic
serious
stern
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
createdForWork Ninotchka NERFINISHED
culturalContext pre-World War II cinema
familyName Yakushova NERFINISHED
genreRole comic figure
romantic lead
givenName Nina NERFINISHED
ideologyAtStart strict Soviet collectivism
ideologyDevelopment becomes more individualistic
languageOfWork English
medium live-action film
narrativeRole protagonist
title character
nationality Soviet
notableAspect Greta Garbo’s first full sound comedy role
occupation envoy
government official
patronymicName Ivanovna NERFINISHED
plotFunction undergoes emotional transformation
politicalAffiliation Communist
portrayedBy Greta Garbo NERFINISHED
productionCompanyOfWork Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer NERFINISHED
romanticInterest Count Leon d’Algout NERFINISHED
setting Paris NERFINISHED
storyArc from rigid ideology to personal happiness
symbolizes clash between Soviet collectivism and Western capitalism
softening of ideological rigidity through love
timePeriodOfFiction interwar period
workDirector Ernst Lubitsch NERFINISHED
workScreenwriter Billy Wilder NERFINISHED
Charles Brackett NERFINISHED
Walter Reisch NERFINISHED
yearOfWorkRelease 1939

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Ninotchka leadCharacter Nina Ivanovna Yakushova