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Ninotchka
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- 1939
- 110 min
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FADE IN ON:
AN ESTABLISHING SHOT OF PARIS IN THE MONTH OF APRIL
DISSOLVE TO:
THE LUXURIOUS LOBBY OF THE HOTEL CLARENCE
CAMERA MOVES to a CLOSE SHOT of the desk. In the background
is a revolving door leading to the street. Through the
revolving door comes a strangely dressed individual, obviously
one who doesn't belong in such surroundings. It is Comrade
Buljanoff, a member of the Russian Board of Trade. Despite
the spring climate of Paris, he still wears his typical
Russian clothes, consisting of a coat with a fur collar, a
fur cap, and heavy boots.
Buljanoff glances around the lobby, obviously over-whelmed
by its magnificence. The Manager, puzzled by Buljanoff's
strange appearance, approaches him.
MANAGER:
(politely)
Is there anything I can do for you,
monsieur?
BULJANOFF:
No, no.
He exits toward the street. The Manager returns to his
customary duties, when suddenly a second Russian, similarly
dressed, pushes his way through the door and gazes around.
It is Comrade Iranoff.
The Manager, definitely mystified by now, approaches him.
MANAGER:
Yes, monsieur?
IRANOFF:
Just looking around.
Iranoff exits. Again the Manager returns to his duties, when
suddenly he sees that a third man, dressed in the same
fashion, has appeared in the revolving door. It is Comrade
Kopalski.
Kopalski doesn't leave the revolving door at all but as it
turns, drinks in the whole spectacle of the lobby. The Manager
is by now dumfounded.
STREET IN FRONT OF THE HOTEL CLARENCE
A taxi stands at the curb. Buljanoff and Iranoff are waiting
beside it, Iranoff holding a suitcase. Kopalski, returning
from the hotel, joins the group.
KOPALSKI:
Comrades, why should we lie to each
other? It's wonderful.
IRANOFF:
Let's be honest. Have we anything
like it in Russia?
ALL THREE:
(agreeing with him)
No, no, no.
IRANOFF:
Can you imagine what the beds would
be in a hotel like that?
KOPALSKI:
They tell me when you ring once the
valet comes in; when you ring twice
you get the waiter; and do you know
what happens when you ring three
times? A maid comes in -- a French
maid.
IRANOFF:
(with a gleam in his
eye)
Comrades, if we ring nine times...
let's go in.
BULJANOFF:
(stopping him)
Just a minute -- just a minute -- I
have nothing against the idea but I
still say let's go back to the Hotel
Terminus. Moscow made our reservations
there, we are on an official mission,
and we have no right to change the
orders of our superior.
IRANOFF:
Where is your courage, Comrade
Buljanoff?
KOPALSKI:
Are you the Buljanoff who fought on
the barricades? And now you are afraid
to take a room with a bath?
BULJANOFF:
(stepping back into
the taxi)
I don't want to go to Siberia.
Iranoff and Kopalski follow him reluctantly.
IRANOFF:
I don't want to go to the Hotel
Terminus.
KOPALSKI:
If Lenin were alive he would say,
"Buljanoff, Comrade, for once in
your life you're in Paris. Don't be
a fool. Go in there and ring three
times."
IRANOFF:
He wouldn't say that. What he would
say is "Buljanoff, you can't afford
to live in a cheap hotel. Doesn't
the prestige of the Bolsheviks mean
anything to you? Do you want to live
in a hotel where you press for the
hot water and cold water comes and
when you press for the cold water
nothing comes out at all? Phooey,
Buljanoff!"
BULJANOFF:
(weakening)
I still say our place is with the
common people, but who am I to
contradict Lenin? Let's go in.
All three start to leave the taxi, as we
DISSOLVE TO:
LOBBY -- HOTEL CLARENCE -- AT THE DESK
Buljanoff, Iranoff, and Kopalski are approaching the Manager,
their only suitcase carried by two of them.
KOPALSKI:
Are you the manager?
MANAGER:
(eyeing the three
suspiciously)
Yes.
KOPALSKI:
Pardon me for introducing Comrade
Iranoff, member of the Russian Board
of Trade.
MANAGER:
(bowing with strained
politeness)
Monsieur.
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