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Ninotchka Page #4
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- 1939
- 110 min
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Leon knows on which note to play for Swana's benefit.
LEON:
Well, I am the last person to persuade
you, but don't do it blindly... if
this is your decision, you must be
prepared to face the consequences...
(With the expression
of a man ready to
give his all)
I will have to go to work.
Swana rises and goes over to Leon. His method has been highly
successful.
SWANA:
threatening! I don't deserve this.
(Embracing him)
Are you my little Volga boatman?
LEON:
Now, Swana...
SWANA:
First tell me, are you my little
Volga boatman?
LEON:
(anything to stop her)
Yes, I'm your little Volga boatman.
SWANA:
(walking back to the
dressing table)
Well... two million readers... I
know exactly what they want. Chapter
One:
"A Childhood behind Golden Bars.Lovely Little Princess Plays with
Rasputin's Beard."
Leon sits down next to her, growing enthusiastic.
LEON:
I've got one chapter Guizot thinks
is terrific. "Caviar and Blood."
Swana escapes over the ice!
SWANA:
A couple of bloodhounds and we have
Uncle Tom's Cabin.
LEON:
(thinking of another
idea)
Darling, this would be wonderful!
Just once... weren't you attacked by
a Bolshevik?
SWANA:
(straining her memory)
Was I? No... not by a Bolshevik!
LEON:
Too bad! Brings our price down ten
thousand francs!
There is a knock on the door.
SWANA:
Come in.
The Maid enters.
MAID:
Count Rakonin asks the privilege of
a few words, Your Highness.
LEON:
Count Rakonin?
SWANA:
He's a waiter at the Clarence, poor
devil. You know him.
LEON:
Oh, yes.
SWANA:
Tell him I won't be able to see him
for a half an hour.
MAID:
The Count says if it could be as
soon as possible. It is luncheon
time and he is just between courses.
The Maid exits. Swana walks toward the door of the living
room.
LIVING ROOM -- SWANA'S APARTMENT
A charming room, which manages to create a little of the
atmosphere of Old Russia. Rakonin stands, his overcoat still
buttoned about him, waiting nervously. Swana enters, leaving
the door ajar. Rakonin approaches her with the respect he
would have paid her at the Imperial Court.
RAKONIN:
Your Highness.
SWANA:
How do you do, my friend.
RAKONIN:
Your Highness, forgive this intrusion,
but...
SWANA:
What is it, Rakonin? Did you lose
your job?
RAKONIN:
No, madame, something of the utmost
importance... it concerns your jewels.
SWANA:
My jewels?!
RAKONIN:
I remember one birthday of His
Majesty, our beloved Czar... I had
the honor of being on guard at the
summer palace... I still see you
bending before His Majesty... You
wore your diadem and a necklace...
your face seemed to be lighted by
the jewels.
SWANA:
(puzzled)
Why do you bring this up after so
many years?
RAKONIN:
They are here!... Your jewels!...
Here in Paris!
SWANA:
Alexis! Do you know what you are
saying?
RAKONIN:
This morning three Soviet agents
arrived. I overheard a telephone
conversation with Mercier, the
jeweler. Your Highness, they are
going to sell them!
MEDIUM SHOT -- DOOR OF BEDROOM
From the door of the bedroom appears Leon, his face alert.
LEON:
Did I hear something about jewels?
SWANA:
Rakonin, bless him, has given me the
most amazing news!
MEDIUM CLOSE -- SWANA AND RAKONIN
Swana goes to the telephone.
SWANA:
(into phone)
Balzac 2769...
(to Leon)
My lawyer...
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