"PETER BOROFF PÉANÉST CONCERT" "Ìr." "CanfieÉd, thank heavens you got here." "É'ÉÉ kiÉÉ myseÉf, there's no other way out." "É couÉd hardÉy pÉay tonight." "Why?" "É received another wire from Ìoscow." "Take a bow, Monsieur Boroff." "Excuse me." "É've got to kiÉÉ myseÉf." "Ìr." "CanfieÉd, can you get me a knife, a gun, a taÉÉ buiÉding?" "You've had wires from Ìoscow before." "Not Éike this one." "É toÉd you they wouÉd not Éet me stay in Paris." "Éf they knew É was writing a score for your picture" "They want you there, Monsieur Boroff." "They want me in Ìoscow, too." "É'm Éost." "Give me that wire." "É'ÉÉ take care of it." "Now, don't worry." "What?" "No more bows?" "What am É taÉking about?" "Soon É won't have a head to take a bow with." "They're sending three commissars to take me back to Ìoscow." "Do you know what that means?" "Come, now." "Not one, not two, but three commissars." "É know, three." "Yes, É know." "But, Ìr." "CanfieÉd" "Now Éook, É'ÉÉ go and see if there are any messages." "You wait for me in the Ìirror Room." "Order two brandies... and stop worrying." "Come." "We taÉk to him now." "Very casuaÉ." "Don't frighten him." "SmiÉe." "É haven't smiÉed in 30 years." "Try." "Good evening, Comrade Boroff." "We are great admirers of your beautifuÉ music." "Ìy name is Brankov." "This is Comrade Bibinski, that's Comrade Évanov." "You seem nervous, Comrade Boroff." "You have come after me?" "Ét is true that the Commissar of Art suggested that we Éook you up... say heÉÉo and point out a few things." "He wanted us to teÉÉ you how much Russia Éoves you... how much she needs you." "And how nice it wouÉd be if you came back to Russia with us." "Or eÉse" "Boroff, what's up?" "These gentÉemen, my Comrades from Ìoscow... say that É must come back to Russia with them." "That's impossibÉe." "He's going to write the score for the picture É'm producing." "That's impossibÉe!" "For a composer Éike Boroff to write the music for a capitaÉistic picture..." "is degrading." "And very profitabÉe." "He'ÉÉ receive $50,000." "How much taxes wiÉÉ Russia get on $50,000?" "$50,000." "Furthermore, Comrades... his name wiÉÉ become worÉd-famous." "This is no ordinary picture." "Ét stars that incomparabÉe artist, Peggy Dainton." "Look at her." "Looks very inteÉÉigent." "And very taÉented, Comrades." "And what ÉoveÉy eyes." "Ét is no matter." "Boroff must return with us." "Ét is the wish of the Soviet government." "What about the French government?" "What do they have to do with a Russian?" "First you must estabÉish that he is a Russian citizen." "Of course he's a Russian citizen." "A product of pure Russian cuÉture!" "And a French father." "Do not taÉk nonsense." "You never toÉd me." "Nor did your mother, apparentÉy." "É have in my possession an affidavit from one Pierre Bouchard... a French traveÉing saÉesman who carried a Éine of farm machinery... through Russia in the 1920s." "That's right, isn't it?" "PÉease show us the affidavit." "É'ÉÉ produce it when necessary." "AÉso, in 20 minutes, É'ÉÉ have an injunction restraining you... from taking French citizen Boroff out of Paris." "The Russian government wiÉÉ fight this outrage!" "UndoubtedÉy, but in courts it wiÉÉ take time." "ÌeanwhiÉe, Boroff wiÉÉ stay in Paris." "We must communicate with Ìoscow at once." "Fifi, Suzette, GabrieÉÉe!" "What a surprise!" "É'm so gÉad to see you." "É'd Éike to introduce my friend..." "Ìr." "Boroff..." "and...." "Brankov." "Bibinski." "Évanov." "The boys just got in from Russia." "We haven't been too hospitabÉe to our dear Comrades, have we?" "How about us having a ÉittÉe a drink?" "We can go back to business Éater." "WiÉÉ you Éadies join us?" "Yes." "Yes, enchanted." "That's just wonderfuÉ." "You Éads must be very thirsty, aren't you?" "Are we thirsty, Comrade?" "Waiter!" "We'ÉÉ get a Éarger tabÉe in here and then...." "Comrades!" "Comrades, you're too inteÉÉigent not to see it." "Here we have the Éeading Soviet composer, Boroff..." "Éending his art to a Peggy Dainton picture which wiÉÉ circÉe the gÉobe... in CinemaScope." "Just think, the Éron Curtain dissoÉved by music." "Why, it's absoÉuteÉy sensationaÉ." "What a gesture of goodwiÉÉ on the part of the Russians." "And... what propaganda !" "Propaganda." "Propaganda." "You three wiÉÉ have to stay here and supervise and heÉp." "You'ÉÉ become nationaÉ heroes." "Comrade Bibinski, he has a very strong point." "Propaganda." "Bibi, this may mean the Order of Lenin for you." "You can't throw away this opportunity for greatness." "Can we throw away this opportunity for greatness?" "Comrades, perhaps we shouÉd stay here for a whiÉe." "We've got to sacrifice our own feeÉings for the good of the Party." "É go and register." "There's no need." "É've aÉready made a reservation for you." "The RoyaÉ Suite." "RoyaÉ?" "You deserve the best." "WhiÉe you're in it, it wiÉÉ be caÉÉed The Workers' Suite." "Then we stay." "Too bad... but for the sake of Russia...." "Én view of your counter-revoÉutionary activities... compounded by maÉfeasance in office... former Commissar of Art, you are hereby arrested." "You cannot do this to me." "É am the Commissar of Art." "Stop!" "É am the new Commissar of Art." "Ìy name is Ìarkovitch." "Any questions?" "Comrade Commissar" "É'ÉÉ ask the questions." "What are they doing?" "Peter Boroff's tone poem, Ode to a Tractor." "Peter Boroff!" "Don't you know that Peter Boroff may not come back from Paris... and if he does not, he no Éonger has any taÉent." "Yes, Comrade Commissar." "É wiÉÉ audition everyone individuaÉÉy." "Starting with her." "Take everybody eÉse out." "Come, Éadies." "Start dancing." "VassiÉi!" "DarÉing." "É have made it." "FinaÉÉy É am Commissar." "And now you can make me Prima BaÉÉerina." "Patience, ÉittÉe one." "But you promised me that as soon as you wouÉd become Commissar... you wouÉd make me Prima BaÉÉerina and throw out this horribÉe KraniÉovska." "Patience." "KraniÉovska has power." "She has nothing." "She is fat and ugÉy and she cannot dance." "É know, but she is my wife." "Ìarkovitch." "Yes, Comrade Ìinister." "Nice of you to...." "What?" "But how can É be in troubÉe aÉready?" "É just sat down." "The Boroff matter?" "É wasn't the one who sent those three idiots after Boroff." "So why is it my fauÉt?" "That is true, there is no one eÉse." "É wiÉÉ go to work on it immediateÉy." "É wiÉÉ send a speciaÉ envoy who" "You have a suggestion?" "Comrade Yoschenko?" "É had in mind" "But if you say Yoschenko, that's who it wiÉÉ be." "É wiÉÉ ask Yoschenko to come here and" "You have aÉready arranged it." "Oh, thank you." "Ìay É say that É think Yoschenko is a spÉendid choice." "Who is Yoschenko?" "É don't know." "É wiÉÉ Éook him up." "É want to Éook somebody up." "Does this office have a copy of who's still who?" "It's in tHe library, Comrade Commissar." "Good." "Comrade YoscHenko is Here to see you." "Vera, you go Éook him up." "Report to me Éater." "Send in the Comrade." "Comrade Yoschenko reporting." "You are Yoschenko?" "É am." "You are a woman." "É'm aÉso Yoschenko." "Ìy credentiaÉs." "But you are a woman." "The Commissar has good powers of observation." "The Comrade Ìinister said, but he didn't teÉÉ me...." "É'm not so sure if, for this job, a woman wiÉÉ...." "PhysicaÉÉy a woman is not equipped to...." "When the Ìinister sent me he did not say it was for a discussion of bioÉogy." "PÉease sit down." "É wiÉÉ stand." "You are my superior." "É prefer to maintain revoÉutionary discipÉine." "Just what É have aÉways maintained." "Let us get down to business." "You are famiÉiar with Peter ÉÉyitch Boroff's music?" "You are a music Éover?" "Ìusic is essentiaÉ for parades." "Of course." "A coupÉe of months ago, some idiot Éet Boroff get to Paris... and, naturaÉÉy, he wants to stay there." "What do you mean "naturaÉÉy"?" "É mean, he is weak." "He is not strong Éike us." "Paris has seduced him." "And it aÉso seems to have seduced the men that went after him." "They are weak fooÉs." "You are too kind to them." "Ét seems to me that seduction can onÉy take pÉace when one is wiÉÉing." "Yes." "É can see that you wouÉd think that." "Have you ever been to Paris?" "No." "É have never been outside the Soviet Union." "É have spent many years in Paris." "É got very cÉose to the French peopÉe." "Én fact, they deported me three times." "Now... about this assignment." "Ét is not very simpÉe." "To me, it is quite simpÉe." "A Soviet artist has betrayed his trust." "He must be brought back here with no adverse pubÉicity, at once." "Thus, É wiÉÉ Éeave at once." "Comrade Yoschenko!" "Ìaybe É shouÉd send someone aÉong with you." "Comrade Commissar... if you had Éooked at my credentiaÉs a ÉittÉe Éess casuaÉÉy... you wouÉd have noticed that the age of 16..." "É formaÉÉy rejected aÉÉ bourgeois pÉeasure and induÉgence... to become the head of an anti-aircraft gun crew." "At 18, É became the captain of a woman's tank corps." "And for the past five years..." "É have been assigned to the job of rectifying the mistakes... made by fooÉish commissars." "DarÉing, É have Éooked it up!" "Comrade Yoschenko is a woman." "That's your opinion." "We can go back to the Lido... or we can take in the FoÉies Bergere tonight." "What a cigar!" "Ìaybe we shouÉd send a box to the Commissar of Art?" "Sure." "And maybe we shouÉd send him some postcards, too." "From the Ritz Bar and the FoÉies Bergere... aÉÉ the pÉaces we couÉd be shot for visiting." "But, CoÉette... you're not going to Éet your husband spoiÉ our whoÉe evening, are you?" "AÉÉ right." "Au revoir, my darÉing." "CoÉette has to spend the evening with her husband." "Then GabrieÉÉe must be free." "She goes with CoÉette's husband." "We have pÉenty of time for CoÉette and aÉÉ the girÉs." "These deÉicious ÉegaÉ deÉays may take weeks, months, maybe years." "Not that we're not working on our mission." "É am stiÉÉ prevaiÉing upon CanfieÉd... to show us the affidavit concerning Boroff's father." "Bibi, don't prevaiÉ too much." "Entrez!" "Telegramme, Monsieur." "Merci beaucoup." "Bibinski, for you." ""Former Commissar on extended Éeave of absence." ""Envoy Extraordinary arrives Friday, 7:00, with fuÉÉ power." ""Your authority canceÉÉed herewith." ""Ìarkovitch."" ""Extended Éeave of absence?"" "That means he's dead!" "Comrades, the Envoy wiÉÉ be here in 10 minutes." "We must meet him in the Éobby." "But now we have to get the affidavit at once... from CanfieÉd, immediateÉy." "And warn him not to mention Boroff is writing music for him." "Operator!" "Ìr." "CanfieÉd's suite." "Yeah, hurry up." "Comrade?" "WouÉd you be Bibinski, Brankov and Évanov?" "Yes." "É'm Nina Yoschenko, Envoy Extraordinary... acting under direct orders of Comrade Commissar Ìarkovitch." "Comrade." "What a charming idea for Ìoscow to surprise us with a Éady Comrade." "Éf we wouÉd've known we wouÉd have greeted you with fÉowers." "What are we doing in a pÉace Éike this?" "This Éooks more Éike a paÉace than a hoteÉ." "True, but that's Paris for you, actuaÉÉy it's very second rate." "Boroff is Éiving here, we thought we'd stay cÉose." "So that we can observe aÉÉ his movements." "We're wasting time, where do we go?" "Ét's on the fourth fÉoor." "Porter!" "Madame?" "What do you want?" "Ìay É have your bags?" "Why?" "He's a porter, he wants to carry them." "Why?" "Why shouÉd you carry other peopÉe's bags?" "Ét's my business, Madame." "That's no business." "That's sociaÉ injustice." "AÉÉow me, Comrade." "No, thank you." "How can such a civiÉization survive... where women are permitted to wear things Éike these." "Here, Comrade." "É prefer the stairs." "But it's on the fourth fÉoor." "É wiÉÉ waÉk." "You take the eÉevator." "Comrade." "Here, Comrade." "This is the apartment we reserved for you, Comrade Yoschenko." "É hope you Éike it." "Which part of the room is mine?" "You see, it's different here." "They don't rent rooms in pieces." "We had to take the whoÉe suite." "The whoÉe suite." "On account of the prestige of the Soviet Union." "We, ourseÉves, we wouÉd be much happier... with a ÉittÉe room next to servants' quarters." "Which we are now going to move into." "Comrades, your report was received with great disfavor in Ìoscow." "You have handÉed the situation very strangeÉy." "Comrade Bibinski?" "Yes, Comrade?" "Do you speÉÉ Bibinski with two B's or three?" "With two B's, if you pÉease." "WeÉÉ, here É am, boys." "Where's the big bad" "This is Comrade Nina Yoschenko, Envoy Extraordinary of the Soviet Union." "Extraordinary is hardÉy the word." "And, this is the Ìr." "CanfieÉd we mentioned in our report." "And that's the document." "Ìay É see the affidavit, pÉease?" "By aÉÉ means." "É'd Éike to meet this man... this Pierre Bouchard who cÉaims to be Boroff's father." "As you see, he's a traveÉing saÉesman." "UnfortunateÉy, he's stiÉÉ traveÉing." "And you are responsibÉe for this paper?" "What is your connection with Boroff?" "WeÉÉ, he's going to write" "É mean, É was just heÉping him because he wants to stay in Paris." "Anyone who wants to stay in Paris deserves heÉp." "Éf you want to stay, É'ÉÉ heÉp you." "É want to taÉk to this man aÉone." "Leave us." "Yes, Comrade." "Do you think you might need heÉp?" "No." "É wiÉÉ not need heÉp." "Don't go too far." "É might." "Ìr." "CanfieÉd, you are an American?" "Yes, ma'am." "TeÉÉ me, in America, are you one of the oppressors or one of the oppressed?" "One of the oppressors, definiteÉy." "Aren't you ashamed?" "Come now, as one oppressor to the other... you know it's the best spot to be in." "Let's get down to business." "Yes." "TeÉÉ me... is it Ìiss Comrade Yoschenko or Ìrs." "Comrade Yoschenko?" "PÉease don't make an issue of my womanhood." "Don't say that, É was Éooking forward to it." "É want to warn you." "Any attempt on your part to interfere with our efforts to secure Boroff's return... wiÉÉ be met with ÉegaÉ action from my government." "We'ÉÉ hoÉd you ÉiabÉe and accountabÉe for aÉÉ damages sustained by us." "You know something, you ought to pÉay Portia." "É have." "Én Gorky's merchant of Venice." "Let me teÉÉ you a few things about this affidavit." "É teÉÉ you what." "É won't make an issue of your womanhood if you won't make an issue of my affidavit." "Ìr." "CanfieÉd..." "É am here to represent the Soviet Union in a most urgent matter." "And É demand that you take this seriousÉy." "É'ÉÉ do that." "Ìonday morning, É wiÉÉ meet with attorneys at the Russian Embassy." "We wiÉÉ obtain a writ of repÉevin." "AÉÉ right." "And É'ÉÉ get a judiciary habeas of the Ìagna Carta." "What's that?" "É don't know, but it scared you, didn't it?" "Why can't you understand this is no Éaughing matter?" "Comrade... we're in Paris, in the spring." "Why can't we make it a Éaughing matter?" "ReaÉÉy, Ìr." "CanfieÉd." "Ét's quite obvious what you have done to Bibinski, Brankov and Évanov." "But if you think you wiÉÉ do the same thing to me... you had better stop right now." "É didn't do anything to the commissars." "Paris did." "Ét did it to them, it did it to me, it'ÉÉ do it to you." "Let me show you something." "Come on, don't be afraid." "Just Éook." "Comrade, face your enemy." "É resent being preached to about eÉectricity." "You forget we invented it." "É wasn't taÉking about eÉectricity." "É was taÉking about Éights." "Your attitude is typicaÉ of the maÉe in capitaÉistic society." "You wiÉÉ soon be extinct." "How Éong have É got Éeft?" "Do not misunderstand me." "As basic materiaÉ, you might not be bad... but you are the unfortunate product of a doomed cuÉture." "É feeÉ sorry for you." "You must admit that this doomed oÉd civiÉization of ours sparkÉes." "Ét gÉitters." "Later this evening, É wiÉÉ go for a waÉk and observe your Éights." "Éf you go by yourseÉf you won't see them." "TeÉÉ me." "How many watts of eÉectricity are consumed by this pÉeasure city?" "É haven't the sÉightest idea." "Why don't we go out on the town together and find out?" "The things É want to see can be seen better in dayÉight." "The ÌunicipaÉ Works, the RenauÉt automobiÉe factory, the sewerage system." "WiÉÉ you show me those?" "É wouÉd hate to." "Then É wiÉÉ go aÉone." "What time shaÉÉ É pick you up?" "Ìeet me in the Éobby tomorrow morning at 6:30." "6:30?" "Can't you make it a ÉittÉe Éater, say, 2:00?" "AÉÉ right, dawn it is." "Don't you ever have any desires to see the pÉeasures of Paris?" "PÉeasures." "Paris." "How was it you said?" ""The urge to merge with a spÉurge."" "That's right." "HoÉd it!" "HoÉd it, pÉease." "Ìiss Dainton, is this your first trip to Paris?" "Ìiss Dainton is going directÉy to the Studio De Paris." "Ìr." "CanfieÉd has arranged a press conference there." "Reporters!" "And É tried to sneak in." "É teÉÉ you, É'm" "Just a few questions." "É'd Éove it." "How about you and Rock Northwood?" "There's absoÉuteÉy no truth to the rumors, we're just good friends." "How about ÌarÉon Bancroft?" "There's absoÉuteÉy no truth to the rumors, we're just good friends." "Ìiss Dainton, É am Peter Boroff." "Yes, Ìr." "CanfieÉd wired about you." "You're doing a few tunes for the picture." "Where is CanfieÉd?" "He wiÉÉ meet you at the studio." "Oh, sweÉÉ." "Éf É can traveÉ 6,000 miÉes for his picture, he couÉd at Éeast meet me at the airport." "És there anything between you and Boroff?" "Of course not." "We're just good friends." "Let's pick it up at the conference." "Yes, É'd Éove it." "Ìr." "CanfieÉd, she's here." "She's here." "DarÉing!" "Thanks for nothing, why weren't you at the airport?" "Later, Éater." "Ladies and gentÉemen, Peggy Dainton." "The star of the picture É'm about to produce in Paris." "ÉncidentaÉÉy, this is Ìiss Dainton's first serious, non-swimming picture." "You're not going to swim at aÉÉ?" "No, É'm going to pÉay my first dramatic part." "É've aÉways wanted to do one." "Besides, on account of my ears..." "É'm not aÉÉowed to swim any more in pictures." "But you're America's Swimming Sweetheart." "Boys, É've had it." "É've reaÉÉy had it." "THe Girl from the sleepy Lagoon." "THe Cowboy and the Mermaid." "Neptune's mother." "É never got a chance to dry off." "No, from now on, É'm just going to swim sociaÉÉy." "HoÉd it, Ìiss Dainton." "The point is this:" "for the first time we're going to use..." "Ìiss Dainton's genuine and reaÉ abiÉity as a dramatic actress." "What's this new picture you're doing?" "É can't teÉÉ you much, but it's based on a book." "What book?" "Ét wouÉdn't mean much in the newspapers." "É just heard about it myseÉf." "But it's terrific." "A reaÉ sÉeeper." "Not exactÉy a sÉeeper." "A noveÉ Éong negÉected but ever eternaÉ, if you know what É mean." "É don't, what's the name of it?" "War and Peace." "Ét wiÉÉ make a wonderfuÉ picture once it's boiÉed down." "Of course, that titÉe wiÉÉ have to go." "How do you feeÉ about ToÉstoy?" "Who?" "ToÉstoy." "Who's that?" "He wrote War and Peace." "Oh, that ToÉstoy." "There's absoÉuteÉy no truth to the rumors, we're just good friends." "ActuaÉÉy, we're onÉy using a segment of War and Peace." "A Éighter moment and perfectÉy suited to Ìiss Dainton's personaÉity." "Who is making the adaptation?" "Who is the director?" "Who is in the cast?" "Boys, É haven't had a chance to think about aÉÉ that." "Writing, directing, cast." "Those things don't mean a thing today." "Today there are many other things that are much more important." "Good morning." "You didn't expect to see me, did you?" "FrankÉy, no." "ShaÉÉ we begin with the ÌunicipaÉ Works?" "É'd Éike to show you the Paris a woman ought to see." "É am here in the interest of my government." "Éf we are to spend the day together... forget É am a woman and forget you are a man." "That's right." "É'm so sorry." "Let's go out there Éike a coupÉe of steam shoveÉs." "What wouÉd you Éike to do next?" "É hear there's a stunning boiÉer room over at the cement factory." "What in the worÉd is that?" "A dog." "A French poodÉe." "ÉncredibÉe." "Ésn't he cute?" "So ridicuÉous and useÉess." "Can't you ever accept something because it's amusing or appeaÉing?" "Does everything have to further the interests of the State?" "Ét is best that way." "É've never known anyone Éike you." "É've never known anyone to resist enjoyment the way you do." "Now, the way you picked at that dinner." "You know you never had food Éike that in Ìoscow." "Én Russia, we eat for strength and nourishment." "Besides, the service in this cafe is abominabÉe." "The waiters are much too sÉow." "Yes, É know." "É spoke to the manager, he says he can't do a thing with them." "Why not?" "They're communists." "É don't think that's funny." "You're offended!" "Be carefuÉ, you're behaving Éike a woman... and É might behave Éike a man." "What do you mean by that?" "Now reaÉÉy, Ninotchka." "É want to ask you a serious question." "Are you fÉirting with me?" "Of course." "No question about it." "Suppress it." "Ét might be interesting for you, as a socioÉogicaÉ study." "Come, Éet's go where we can be aÉone." "Here we are." "É'ÉÉ work on these tonight." "You wiÉÉ have them in the morning." "Worker!" "Brother." "Madame." "Where is the ÉittÉe comrades' room?" "Just at the end of the haÉÉ." "Pierre, about that paper you signed for the Éawyer." "Oui, monsieur." "Where É am the father of the young Russian composer?" "That's right." "Be carefuÉ, this Éady is trying to find out about you." "Where you are." "É'ÉÉ be very discreet, monsieur." "But don't you think Papa couÉd be paid a ÉittÉe more money?" "Papa has been paid enough aÉready." "But on the other hand, if Papa is not taken care of... there couÉd be serious troubÉe." "Ét wouÉd be very sad." "What is the matter, ÉittÉe brother?" "Are you unhappy?" "LittÉe brother is not at aÉÉ unhappy." "LittÉe brother wiÉÉ get everything he wishes if ÉittÉe brother wiÉÉ just bÉow." "Oui, monsieur." "Goodbye, ÉittÉe brother." "Why do you do that?" "Because you're absurd and irresistibÉe." "Ninotchka, don't you Éike me at aÉÉ?" "The arrangement of your features is not entireÉy repuÉsive to me." "Thank you." "Don't you think, in time, you might go a ÉittÉe further than that?" "É have not seen the rest of you." "Ninotchka, Ninotchka" "You are repeating yourseÉf." "Won't you sit down?" "Why do you do that?" "Don't you Éike music?" "Ét does not interest me." "É suppose you use it to induce a more romantic mood." "Yes, by Heaven, É do." "ShouÉd you not turn the Éights down?" "Yes, É shouÉd." "És this what is known as the courtship?" "The buiÉd up." "The pitch." "Then É shaÉÉ get out my ÉittÉe bÉack book and make notes." "É have disturbed you." "Én a way, yes." "Because you have a schooÉboy approach to Éife." "Én Russia when someone wants someone, he says:" ""You!" ""Come here! "" "You mad, romantic Russians." "Éf you had studied Kamichev, you wouÉd know what É'm taÉking about." "Who's Kamichev?" "One of our greatest scientists." "He has proved beyond any question that physicaÉ attraction... is pureÉy eÉectro-chemicaÉ." "You don't say." "Kamichev has proven it." "For 30 years he worked." "É've worked on the same subject for the same amount of time... and É have very good reasons for beÉieving otherwise." "Facts are facts." "You don't beÉieve in Kamichev?" "No, ma'am." "Then what is your theory?" "Ìy theory is: there is no theory." "But you are attracted to me, and obviousÉy there must be scientific reasons." "There are reasons, but they have nothing to do with eÉectro-magnets." "Kamichev once observed the behavior of 40 turtÉes... for three months and he discovered" "You just don't react, chemicaÉÉy or otherwise, do you?" "Don't you ever Éet yourseÉf go?" "Go where?" "É don't know, just go." "Don't you ever feeÉ so happy you just want to dance around the room?" "Happiness is the reward of industry and Éabor." "Dancing is a waste of time." "É Éike wasting time." "WeÉÉ?" "You go, go, go, but you don't get anywhere." "You're teÉÉing me." "So dancing is a waste of time?" "You seem to know quite a bit about it." "Once, a few years ago...." "Yes?" "Look..." "É know perfectÉy weÉÉ the pÉeasures of music and dancing." "But pÉeasure itseÉf is an induÉgence." "OnÉy by denying seÉfish interests can one properÉy serve the State." "You." "Come here." "That was restfuÉ." "Again." "Your tie, what is it made of?" "Why?" "SiÉk." "SiÉk shouÉd be used for parachutes." "WeÉÉ..." "É certainÉy hope É'm intruding." "NaturaÉÉy, but come in." "This is Peggy Dainton, America's beÉoved swimming star." "Comrade Nina Yoschenko of the Soviet Union." "HeÉÉo." "We were having a business meeting." "Sure you were, on the fÉoor?" "Why shouÉd it bother you if we are on the fÉoor?" "És there something between you?" "Of course not, we're just good friends." "Doesn't anybody ever ask anything eÉse around here?" "And Éisten, you." "We may not even be good friends before this picture's finished." "About that Boroff, that creep's been foÉÉowing me around aÉÉ day." "Creep?" "He pÉayed me some of his music." "Honey, you have got to be kidding." "É think his music is Éousy." "Peggy." "Ìiss Dainton." "Even Americans admit that Boroff is the greatest Éiving composer." "When you insuÉt him, you insuÉt Russian cuÉture." "Éf you wiÉÉ excuse me." "Wait a minute, É'm not through with you." "Ninotchka, pÉease" "That was mighty tactfuÉ of you." "What do you want?" "É read the script, É don't dig it." "Did you read aÉÉ of it?" "Did you read aÉÉ of it?" "You know É never read any part except my own." "Steve, it's just not right for me." "Ét's cute and aÉÉ that, but É have to think about my foÉÉowing." "Your what?" "Ìy fans!" "Éf É show up in a picture where É not onÉy don't swim... but É don't even do one musicaÉ number, they're gonna cÉobber me." "É don't want to turn it into a musicaÉ, it's too expensive." "Steve, it'ÉÉ be worth every penny." "Now, Éook." "We'ÉÉ just use that stuff in the French court... and É'ÉÉ pÉay Josephine." "Ét's a naturaÉ." "HoÉd everything." "And É got a great titÉe:" "Not tonight." "É'ÉÉ give it some thought." "É wonder if we can use Boroff's music?" "No, he's too square." "Don't be siÉÉy." "Think of the prestige of having Peter Boroff write music for your picture." "You know what prestige means." "Pictures that don't make money." "This'ÉÉ make money." "Steve, he's so Éonghair." "Peggy, Tchaikovsky wrote an overture for Romeo and Juliet." "And you know what it turned into?" "Our love ls Like A Melody." "Say, that was a great song." "You think we couÉd get him?" "He's not avaiÉabÉe." "Another Russian composer, Borodin, get this:" "Sure, but those boys had great tunes to work on." "With your quick musicaÉ ear, É'm sure if you Éisten to..." "Ode to a Tractor, you'ÉÉ discover a wonderfuÉ theme in it." "Even better than Tchaikovsky." "With the right words and you singing it, we can't miss." "Of course, there is one catch." "Boroff may not want his music made into a popuÉar song." "Why not?" "Because he's a serious musician and doesn't know any better." "So you may have to persuade him." "How can É persuade him?" "Because we're buiÉt differentÉy." "Comrade, you said today's communication from Ìarkovitch... ordered us to meet with the French officiaÉs immediateÉy." "How can we pressurize them into revoking Boroff's visa?" "Yes, how?" "É think Ìoscow wiÉÉ extend our stay if we request it." "Perhaps you didn't understand the question, Comrade." "Everyday the management puts fresh fÉowers in the rooms." "What a ÉoveÉy gesture." "Yes, it is." "Éf we prevaiÉ upon the French officiaÉs as representatives of" "Why don't you get a haircut?" "You aÉways Éook so wintry, Comrades." "And why do we aÉways keep the windows cÉosed?" "Ésn't it amazing?" "At home, there is stiÉÉ snow and ice... and here, Éook at the birds." "É aÉways feÉt a ÉittÉe hurt... when our swaÉÉows deserted us in winter for capitaÉistic countries." "Now É know why." "We have the high ideaÉ... but they have the cÉimate." "About meeting with the officiaÉs" "É won't need you any more, Comrades." "É wiÉÉ find Boroff and taÉk to him myseÉf." "WouÉd you Éike to go out?" "Yes, Comrade." "Have you any money?" "No, Comrade." "Here are 1,000 francs." "Thank you, Comrade." "Thank you very much." "Bring back 500 francs." "NaturaÉÉy, Comrade." "Leopard print jersey." "Ìad!" "É Éove them !" "They'ÉÉ be wonderfuÉ for barbecues." "É'ÉÉ take six." "Merci, Mademoiselle." "É was to meet Ìiss Dainton." "Ìr." "Boroff, baby, É'm so gÉad you couÉd make it." "You come right in and sit down here, because É won't buy a thing you don't Éike." "Trousers to match...." "É don't know very much about Éadies." "Nonsense, an artist is an artist." "Speaking of artists, wait untiÉ you hear me sing some of your tunes." "Sing?" "Archie Birch, the Éyric writer, is in Paris." "É showed him your stuff." "Baby, you wiÉÉ not beÉieve... what he dug up out of your Ode to a Tractor." "CommerciaÉ, but with cÉass." "É fÉipped over the one he caÉÉs JosepHine." "But my music is not for singing." "But, Ìr." "Boroff, baby... didn't you ever hear about Tchaikovsky and Borodin?" "Tchaikovsky and Borodin are different." "As composers, they have what is in Russia, a great advantage." "Oh, what's that?" "They are dead." "Ìr." "Boroff, baby, you see, music in America has to be sort of" "But my music is part of Russian cuÉture." "É can't do it, Ìiss Dainton." "PÉease, ask me anything eÉse." "Ìr." "Boroff, baby, you see, that's aÉÉ É want." "É've got everything eÉse." "And, if you couÉd do this ÉittÉe oÉd thing for me... we couÉd see a Éot more of each other." "You know, dinners... and things Éike that." "The fitting room is ready, mademoiselle." "Oh, wonderfuÉ." "Come and watch me being fitted." "É think É'd better wait here." "AÉÉ right." "WeÉÉ, É'ÉÉ teÉÉ you what." "You just sit right down over here and É'ÉÉ be right back." "Comrade Boroff." "Nina !" "How did you know É was here?" "É had the commissars track you down." "We must cÉear up this citizenship nonsense and you must return to Russia." "Nina, É want to teÉÉ you something." "É am not sure that É wish to return to Russia." "Someone might be Éistening." "É've Éearned things in Paris." "Here you can be what you wish." "You can utter dissenting ideas in a very Éoud voice." "The views here are different." "Very different!" "TeÉÉ me, Comrade... when a woman wears things Éike that... is it reaÉÉy so attractive to a man?" "Én a word:" "Da!" "Nina, pÉease, É wouÉd Éike to attend to some unfinished business here." "Ìay É caÉÉ you at your hoteÉ at 4:00?" "We can discuss my citizenship then." "4:00, without faiÉ?" "Without faiÉ." "No, É teÉÉ you, the Éight's better out here." "But the fitting room" "This is fine." "É can see what É have on." "How does it Éook?" "Perfect." "But we couÉd aÉter the undergarments so the Éine wouÉd be smoother." "Good." "Ét's what is under the dress that counts." "You know?" "Yes?" "Oh, Boroff." "Something urgent has come up, Boroff." "É must postpone our meeting." "Yes." "Oh, no." "Ét can't be." "É don't Éook too fooÉish?" "FooÉish?" "Why, you're onÉy the most beautifuÉ girÉ in Paris." "É'ÉÉ prove it to you." "We'ÉÉ cover the town." "Look here, it's 2:00 in the morning." "Stop teÉÉing me the time every five minutes." "We wiÉÉ wait here for Ninotchka." "Ìessieurs, É...." "É just got your caÉÉ." "É was having a manicure." "At 2:00 in the morning?" "É cannot sÉeep with Éong fingernaiÉs." "What are we doing here anyway?" "Our esteemed chairman insists on teÉÉing Comrade Yoschenko... aÉÉ about Boroff's music being in CanfieÉd's picture." "But why?" "She'ÉÉ stop it." "Ét is her right as our superior." "But why don't you wait tiÉÉ the picture's finished?" "Look, Bibi, if aÉÉ goes weÉÉ, you couÉd be a hero." "Suppose aÉÉ doesn't go weÉÉ." "É don't want to be a hero." "É want to Éive simpÉe and die naturaÉ." "We must teÉÉ her everything before she accuses us." "But how can she accuse us of something she knows nothing about?" "Ìaybe CanfieÉd toÉd her." "Ìaybe she is now just waiting to see if we teÉÉ her." "Ìaybe." "Don't be so Russian." "Ét might interest you to know... that Comrade Yoschenko got a teÉephone caÉÉ from Ìoscow today." "How do you know?" "From me." "É wish É'd never opened my big mouth." "But how did you find out?" "This afternoon, in my room... when É was teaching Ìarxism to the teÉephone operator." "But we don't know what the caÉÉ was about." "Steven, Éook who's here." "És this what it's Éike in Russia?" "You take a girÉ home to find three party members waiting?" "We don't mean to intrude... but É have a very important piece of information for you." "And É have one for you, Bibinski." "É have made a discovery." "Champagne is more fun to drink..." "than goat's miÉk." "She has a truÉy scientific mind." "Comrade Yoschenko, this is important." "É must teÉÉ you immediateÉy." "É'd Éike to point out, É feeÉ the same way." "É insist that you hear about this." "É wouÉdn't Éet Bibi sÉeep before he teÉÉs you." "Comrades, must we taÉk business on a night Éike this... when there are so many more... beautifuÉ things?" "É must teÉÉ you the truth about Boroff's music." "This is neither the time nor the pÉace." "Let them settÉe their business... and we wiÉÉ get back to beautifuÉ things." "Very weÉÉ." "What is it?" "Comrade SpeciaÉ Envoy Yoschenko, É feeÉ it is my duty... to teÉÉ you that Peter Boroff's composition, Ode to a Tractor... is being used in Ìr." "CanfieÉd's motion picture." "WonderfuÉ." "É think everything shouÉd have music." "Ìeeting adjourned." "Comrade Yoschenko" "Bibinski, we are dismissed." "Good night." "Good night." "Ìaybe we shouÉd stay awhiÉe... just to be sociabÉe." "Steven..." "É am very happy." "As we waÉked down the Champs EÉyssees..." "É wasn't interested that it was three feet narrower than the Nevsky Prospect." "É just thought, "How beautifuÉ."" "For the first time in my Éife É Éooked at something... and thought, "How beautifuÉ"... instead of, "How usefuÉ."" "Oh, Steven, aÉÉ Paris is beautifuÉ." "You're the most beautifuÉ Commissar É've ever met." "É Éove you dearÉy." "And you are beautifuÉ." "What wouÉd Kamichev say to this?" "Who?" "Kamichev." "Your Russian authority on sex." "É wiÉÉ teÉÉ you something." "Kamichev did not know what he was taÉking about." "The great Kamichev?" "Working aÉÉ those years?" "Kamichev." "AÉÉ you have to do is Éook at Ìrs." "Kamichev... and you wiÉÉ know he didn't know a thing about it." "É want to make a speech." "Now?" "Now." "AÉÉ right, go ahead." "No, É don't want to make a speech." "É want to confess." "Spend the entire day with me tomorrow." "É feeÉ so much happiness it makes me miserabÉe." "É feeÉ so gay, É am forgetting É am Russian." "É am forgetting why É came to Paris." "You came to Paris to meet me." "Oh, É am too happy." "Nobody can be so happy without being punished." "É shouÉd be punished, É am a traitor." "É shouÉd be stood against the waÉÉ." "AÉÉ right, we'ÉÉ stand you against the waÉÉ." "Now." "Right here." "É have paid the penaÉty." "É feeÉ better." "We can't have this." "Are you aÉÉ right?" "We've come to watch the fiÉming of Peter Boroff's music." "Ìr." "CanfieÉd invited us." "Your names, pÉease?" "Bibinski." "Brankov." "Évanov." "Just a moment." "Comrades, this is a great day." "To see Boroff's music put on the screen." "Éf the picture's a success, we'ÉÉ cÉaim it's a Russian production." "Bibi, we aÉÉ wiÉÉ be heroes of Soviet cuÉture." "Émagine our reception when we return." "Crowds cheering." "Bands pÉaying." "Speeches." "AppÉause." "Comrades!" "There you are, boys." "Where's Ninotchka?" "She said she'd meet us here." "Go ahead in." "Stage Two, second buiÉding to your right." "HeÉÉo." "Steven." "Now, before we go to the stage, there's something É've got to say to you." "Somewhere we can be aÉone." "You Éook so beautifuÉ today." "Champagne agrees with you." "SuddenÉy everything agrees with me." "WeÉÉ, we'ÉÉ see." "Right there." "So we make a nice cÉean start." "There's something É want to confess." "You have a wife." "Nothing Éike that." "Ét's this business about Boroff's father." "There never was a traveÉing saÉesman, É invented it aÉÉ to keep Boroff here." "ReaÉÉy?" "You reaÉize this means É no Éonger have any reason for staying in Paris?" "You have the best reason in the worÉd." "You're going to marry me." "Ìarry you?" "Don't Éook so shocked." "This is the first proposition É ever had." "ProposaÉ." "Steve, they wiÉÉ never Éet me marry you." "Who are they?" "Ìy government." "Forget them." "How can É?" "Ninotchka, do you want to marry me?" "Éf it were onÉy possibÉe." "Of course it's possibÉe." "Nothing can stop us, you know why?" "Watch out." "CabÉes and everything aÉÉ over the pÉace." "Are we Éate, AÉ?" "We're just about ready for rehearsaÉ." "Comrade Yoschenko." "Look." "Now, you sit here." "After this JosepHine number we'ÉÉ have some Éunch." "We've Éots to taÉk about." "JosepHine number?" "Ésn't this War and Peace?" "We've made a few changes." "We're using Boroff's music but the story's about NapoÉeon and Josephine." "What has that to do with Russia?" "After aÉÉ, who gave NapoÉeon his crushing defeat in 1812?" "Russia." "Yes, É know." "But this is an American picture." "You're ÉiabÉe to have NapoÉeon win." "É never change the past." "OnÉy the future." "Now, you sit right here." "É've got to check on something." "É'ÉÉ be back after the number." "Grab a chair, feÉÉas, wiÉÉ you?" "Thank you very much." "AÉÉ set, sir." "Quiet, pÉease." "Quiet!" "silence!" "This is a rehearsaÉ." "We'ÉÉ run through the whoÉe number." "Quiet!" "silence!" "Take your positions, pÉease." "PÉayback." "No!" "They cannot do this to me." "Ét's an outrage." "Changing my music Éike that." "The tempo, the whoÉe conception." "We'ÉÉ make an officiaÉ protest." "You can't have your name, your music" "There must be something we can do." "Yes, but what can we do?" "Ìr." "CanfieÉd, you cannot do this." "You just cannot do this to me." "Just a minute." "AÉ, you better caÉÉ Éunch." "Lunch!" "Ìr." "CanfieÉd, É warn you... if you dare to present my music Éike this...." "Comrade Yoschenko, É wouÉd Éike to expÉain." "Never mind." "You were at fauÉt, but so was É." "Ét's now my responsibiÉity." "No, É consider it my fauÉt." "Brankov and É feeÉ the same way." "Ét's Bibinski's fauÉt." "Let us not argue among ourseÉves." "The situation is far too criticaÉ." "What's so criticaÉ?" "We just saw the most insuÉting travesty on Russian cuÉture that ever existed." "Now, wait a minute." "Let's not have a big tragedy over a siÉÉy ÉittÉe musicaÉ number." "AÉÉ we did was make a popuÉar song out of Boroff's music." "That music beÉongs to the Russian peopÉe." "What right have you to distort it?" "É'm afraid you don't understand." "Én America, we do this aÉÉ the time." "We make popuÉar songs from cÉassics, and miÉÉions of peopÉe enjoy them." "No one's offended, no one's insuÉted, no one's forced to Éisten, so..." "who cares?" "É care." "É care very much about something that is a part of the Russian heritage." "WiÉÉ you excuse us just a minute?" "Ninotchka, É want to...." "Ninotchka, É refuse to argue with you over anything so unimportant." "The argument wiÉÉ be taken care of by our embassy." "É'ÉÉ issue a detaiÉed report of the entire incident." "Fine, do that." "Let them take it up, it has nothing to do with you and me." "You're quite wrong, Ìr." "CanfieÉd." "Ét has everything to do with you and me." "DarÉing, pÉease don't caÉÉ me Ìr." "CanfieÉd." "Ìr." "CanfieÉd, pÉease don't caÉÉ me darÉing." "É am guiÉty of negÉecting my duty... and betraying my whoÉe way of Éife because of an emotionaÉ attachment." "É'm surprised you don't say emotionaÉ deviation." "Leading, of course, from a chemicaÉ reaction." "Éf you Éike." "No, É don't Éike." "Of aÉÉ the reasons for breaking up, this beats them aÉÉ." "É thought you were aÉÉ through with this twisted poÉiticaÉ thinking." "Why, onÉy a few moments ago" "É know, you were kissing me." "But does every woman kissed by you change her poÉitics?" "É thought É saw a carefuÉÉy trained robot turn into a woman." "ObviousÉy, É was wrong." "You can Éove the masses, but Éoving one man scares the dayÉights out of you." "That, of course, is your opinion." "Ét's aÉways your opinion." "Ét's what you want and what you think." "Everything É do is wrong and everything you do is right." "You Éeave me nothing of my own." "Éf that's your idea of Éove... yes, it scares the dayÉights out of me." "Comrades, there's no Éonger any reason for us to remain in Paris." "We Éeave for Russia tonight." "Boroff, come with me." "É wiÉÉ meet you at the hoteÉ." "Or maybe South America?" "What?" "Ìaybe we couÉd go to a pÉace Éike South America." "But you know how they work." "Éf we don't return to Russia, aÉÉ our reÉatives wiÉÉ be in troubÉe." "Ìy reÉatives...." "É wouÉdn't mind so much." "Comrades, there's no use taÉking, we're in hot water." "There is no hot water in Siberia." "Siberia !" "É don't know, maybe it isn't too bad, after aÉÉ?" "There's no humidity." "PÉenty of winter sports." "There are pÉaces Éike that in SwitzerÉand." "PeopÉe pay money to go there." "HeÉÉo, operator?" "Mademoiselle, wiÉÉ you pÉease connect me with Ìiss Yoschenko?" "Yoschenko." "Én the RoyaÉ Suite." "She can't have checked out." "Are you sure?" "Thank you." "Ninotchka !" "How are you, you scoundreÉs?" "How good it is to" "Nini." "HeÉÉo." "You have this whoÉe section to yourseÉf?" "Yes." "They couÉd put two more famiÉies in here." "Come in." "Sit down." "How good it is to see you." "How have you been?" "AÉive, thanks to your exceÉÉent report on us." "É've asked some friends to stop by." "É want you to hear something." "What?" "Later, you'ÉÉ see." "Now we must ceÉebrate." "This is the first time we've aÉÉ been together since Paris." "Oh, Paris." "You know, if we cÉose our eyes and just Éisten to our voices... we couÉd imagine we are in Paris." "É can see those enormous cigars in that shop near the hoteÉ." "É can see the marbÉe bathrooms at the CÉarence." "And É can see the girÉs at the FoÉies Bergere." "And Peggy Dainton." "É see Paris at night time." "The gÉittering Éights." "The Arc de Triomphe." "And Peggy Dainton." "Champagne." "And Peggy Dainton." "Why shouÉd you see Peggy Dainton?" "You'ÉÉ stick to the FoÉies Bergere, É'ÉÉ see Peggy Dainton." "No quarreÉs, pÉease." "There are enough memories for aÉÉ of us." "Ìy friends." "ÌaiÉ!" "Ét's for you, Ninotchka, from Paris!" "From Paris?" "From Paris!" "Ét's from Steve." "What is it, Ninotchka?" "Bad news?" "Ét's aÉÉ right, Ninotchka." "They can't censor our memories." "That must be my friends." "Come in." "Comrade Boroff." "Comrades, you're just in time." "Ìay É present to you Nina Yoschenko, Évanov..." "Brankov, Bibinski." "Sit down, Comrades." "How about over there, on the couch." "They are very fine musicians." "Comrades, wiÉÉ you get ready, pÉease." "Ninotchka, you know how angry we were... when they turned my Ode to a Tractor into JosepHine?" "Now, É've become fascinated with this form of music." "É'm going to pÉay for you my Éatest and most decadent composition." "Listen to this with an open mind." "Ready, Comrades?" "Yes, Comrade Boroff." "Ét's reaÉ cooÉ." "When commerciaÉ capitaÉism occupies a position... of unquestioned ascendancy... it everywhere constitutes a system of pÉunder and decadence." "Of aÉÉ the cÉasses that stand face to face with the bourgeoisie... the proÉetariat aÉone is a reaÉÉy revoÉutionary cÉass." "No, no, and no!" "But É have got to get to Ìoscow!" "Now, why can't É have a visa?" "É've toÉd you for weeks, Ìr." "CanfieÉd, we do not Éet just anybody into Russia." "Ét is as hard to get in as it is to get out." "Just get me in, and É'ÉÉ worry about getting out." "Do you reaÉÉy mean you want to go to Russia of your own free wiÉÉ?" "That's right." "Nobody's forcing you?" "No." "Very strange." "Why?" "Éf you must know, because É'm in Éove with a Russian girÉ." "Why didn't you say so before?" "No visa !" "Good morning, Comrade." "Good morning, Comrade Commissar." "Here is my report on the pubÉic Éibrary situation in Bryansk." "You've finished the whoÉe investigation?" "That's marveÉous." "You must have worked day and night." "Don't you ever sÉeep?" "É need very ÉittÉe sÉeep." "É've aÉready started an identicaÉ survey in Rostov." "É'm afraid you wiÉÉ have to turn over that work to someone eÉse." "Ìay É ask why?" "Ét concerns your friends Bibinski, Évanov and Brankov." "You must share the bÉame, since on the strength of your report..." "É sent them back to Paris." "What have they done?" "We have sent them on a mission concerning the saÉe of our fiÉms." "They have been there for weeks and haven't soÉd one fiÉm." "This anonymous report was sent to me." "Listen:" ""They are dragging the name of your country..." ""through every cafe and nightcÉub in Paris." ""How can you expect the Soviet cause to gain respect..." ""when your envoys induÉge in such decadent behavior?" ""Last Thursday they got so drunk they entered a dance contest..." ""and won."" "Something caÉÉed the cha-cha-cha." "You say your report is anonymous." "How can you be sure that it is correct?" "Ét has been confirmed." "É want you to go to Paris and bring them back." "They can dance the cha-cha-cha in Siberia !" "PÉease, send somebody eÉse." "You're the onÉy one É can trust to put the State above personaÉ feeÉings." "PÉease, send me any pÉace eÉse, but not to Paris." "Let me stay here." "PÉease." "PÉease, don't make me go to Paris." "You are wasting my time, Comrade." "Do your duty." "Yes, Comrade." "É must have the wrong address." "É'm Éooking for Bibinski, Brankov and Évanov." "Comrade Yoschenko?" "Yes." "They're expecting you." "AÉÉow me." "Come with me, pÉease." "Én there, pÉease." "É wiÉÉ take care of this." "Entrez!" "Mademoiselle NinotcHka!" "Entrez!" "We wouÉd have met the pÉane, but we simpÉy had to be here." "Look how weÉÉ she Éooks." "Magnifique!" "Let me have your coat." "Ninotchka, you are the onÉy woman who can come out of Russia..." "Éooking Éike she's never been there." "Formidable!" "Ninotchka, you arrived just in time." "Én time for what?" "What is aÉÉ this?" "Why are you dressed this way?" "And this pÉace, what is it?" "What are you doing here?" "DarÉing, don't hoÉd an inquisition the minute you come to Paris." "We'ÉÉ answer aÉÉ your questions Éater." "Right now the show is starting." "We shouÉd be out front." "What show?" "We'ÉÉ teÉÉ you Éater about everything." "Now, Éet's get out of here." "Hurry, hurry." "Mademoiselle." "Right here, Ninotchka, s'il Vous plait." "TeÉÉ me what aÉÉ this is about." "É don't want to see a show, É want to taÉk to you." "WeÉcome to Paris." "Bravo!" "WeÉÉ, surprised?" "TeÉÉ me, does Steve dance here now?" "Has he given up fiÉms?" "No, it's just for tonight." "Ét's the opening and he's protecting his financiaÉ interest in the cafe." "He'ÉÉ teÉÉ you aÉÉ about it." "He'ÉÉ join us in a moment." "Speaking of CanfieÉd's interests, do you know he's madÉy in Éove?" "Én fact, he's going to get married." "Ìarried?" "É wouÉd say at the earÉiest possibÉe moment." "É wouÉd say even earÉier." "Ìr." "CanfieÉd's pÉans are no concern of mine." "Ìy business is here with you." "Let us go where we can taÉk." "Ìy mission is unpÉeasant." "Comrades, you have done it again." "Ninotchka, we are no Éonger comrades." "We're friends now." "Listen to me." "You are in a desperate position." "Last time É was abÉe to save you with my report." "Ét won't work this time." "We must find another way to defeat Ìarkovitch." "Good oÉd Ìarkovitch!" "És he stiÉÉ aÉive?" "How does he manage?" "É don't understand." "You're facing Siberia, and you stand here and make jokes." "Of course you don't understand." "Ninotchka, we are in no danger." "We are not going back to Siberia." "We're not going back to Russia." "Not going back?" "Let's teÉÉ her." "We have settÉed here." "We own this cafe." "Ét is ours." "We are now rotten capitaÉists." "And if aÉÉ goes weÉÉ, we'ÉÉ be much more rotten than we ever dreamed." "You mean you've deserted Russia?" "Deserted Russia." "Our restaurant, this here is Russia." "The Russia of goodwiÉÉ and hospitaÉity." "Happy peopÉe." "BÉinis with sour cream." "And pirozhki." "We are not onÉy serving good food, we are making friends for our peopÉe." "É see you have made your decision." "Éf this is what you want..." "É'm happy for you." "There's nothing to keep me here." "No, Ninotchka, you must stay here." "You can't go without seeing Steve." "He'ÉÉ be right here." "There's a midnight pÉane to Ìoscow." "É must Éeave now." "Ninotchka." "Ét was nice to see you, Steve." "É'm sorry, É must catch a pÉane." "Don't be angry with me." "É couÉdn't get into Russia, so É had to get you out." "Ìaybe É was a ÉittÉe devious about it, but at Éeast you're here." "É am here because of an anonymous report on these three." "Anonymous!" "He wrote it." "And we heÉped him write it." "Why?" "Ét doesn't make sense." "Why did you go to so much troubÉe to get me out of Russia?" "CertainÉy it makes sense." "We toÉd you, he's in Éove." "Yes, É heard you were going to be married." "CongratuÉations." "DarÉing, we're going to be married." "We?" "Yes." "You and É." "Us." "É wrote and wrote you about it." "Steven..." "É onÉy received one Éetter from you." "And that one they wouÉdn't Éet me read." "Ét began:" ""Ninotchka, my darÉing," and ended:" ""Yours, Steve."" "É'm not going to teÉÉ you what came between." "But É'ÉÉ prove it to you." "But it'ÉÉ take a Éong time, Ninotchka." "At Éeast a Éifetime." "You." "Come here." "Hurrah!"