Ninotchka Page #9

He steps into the living room.

LIVING ROOM:

As Iranoff enters Buljanoff rushes toward him.

BULJANOFF:

Misha! Misha!

IRANOFF:

What is it?

BULJANOFF:

A telegram from Moscow! It must have

been here all day!

KOPALSKI:

(joining them and

reading telegram)

Halt negotiations immediately. Envoy

extraordinary arrives Thursday six

ten with full power. Your authority

cancelled herewith. Razinin.

IRANOFF:

It is Thursday!

BULJANOFF:

It's six o'clock already!

They rush into the bedroom.

KOPALSKI:

I always said it would be Siberia!

DISSOLVE TO:

LOBBY -- HOTEL CLARENCE

Manager at desk. Iranoff, Buljanoff, and Kopalski rush from

the direction of the elevator. Iranoff pauses at the desk.

The others go on to the door and wait for him there.

IRANOFF:

(to Manager)

A Special Envoy is coming from Moscow.

He'll occupy the Royal Suite. Move

our things to the smallest room you've

got.

MANAGER:

Yes, monsieur.

IRANOFF:

Right away... instantly!

From the door Buljanoff and Kopalski call impatiently.

BULJANOFF AND KOPALSKI

Iranoff!

IRANOFF:

I'm coming!

As he starts toward the door, we

DISSOLVE TO:

PLATFORM -- PARIS RAILROAD STATION

The train has already arrived as the Three Russians hurry

down the platform. Neither do they know the name of the Envoy

Extraordinary, nor his appearance, and they are searching

the crowd for some clue.

IRANOFF:

This is a fine thing. Maybe we've

missed him already.

KOPALSKI:

How can you find somebody without

knowing what he looks like?

Iranoff points to a bearded man with a knapsack.

IRANOFF:

That must be the one!

BULJANOFF:

Yes, he looks like a comrade!

They follow the man, but just as they are ready to approach

him he is greeted by a German Girl. Both raise their hands

in the Nazi salute.

BEARDED MAN AND GIRL

Heil Hitler!

As the two embrace, the Three Russians stop in their tracks.

KOPALSKI:

No, that's not him...

BULJANOFF:

Positively not!

By now the platform is almost empty. As the Russians in the

foreground look around helplessly, we see in the background

a woman who obviously is also looking for someone. It is

Ninotchka Yakushova, the Envoy Extraordinary. The Russians

exchange troubled looks and go toward her. Ninotchka comes

forward. As they meet she speaks.

NINOTCHKA:

(to Iranoff)

I am looking for Michael Simonovitch

Iranoff.

IRANOFF:

I am Michael Simonovitch Iranoff.

NINOTCHKA:

I am Nina Ivanovna Yakushova, Envoy

Extraordinary, acting under direct

orders of Comrade Commissar Razinin.

Present me to your colleagues.

They shake hands. Ninotchka's grip is strong as a man's.

IRANOFF:

Comrade Buljanoff...

NINOTCHKA:

Comrade.

IRANOFF:

Comrade Kopalski...

NINOTCHKA:

Comrade.

IRANOFF:

What a charming idea for Moscow to

surprise us with a lady comrade.

KOPALSKI:

If we had known we would have greeted

you with flowers.

NINOTCHKA:

(sternly)

Don't make an issue of my womanhood.

We are here for work... all of us.

Let's not waste time. Shall we go?

The Russians are taken aback. As Ninotchka bends down to

lift her two suitcases, Iranoff calls:

IRANOFF:

Porter!

A Porter steps up to them.

PORTER:

Here, please...

NINOTCHKA:

What do you want?

PORTER:

May I have your bags, madame?

NINOTCHKA:

Why?

KOPALSKI:

He is a porter. He wants to carry

them.

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