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02/11/2000

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Cyd Charisse stars as a Soviet agent who falls in love with Fred Astaire.

A Cole Porter-scored musical remake of Ninotchka, in which a beautiful Soviet girl is sent on a mission to Paris and falls for an American film producer.

When Soviet agents fail to retrieve a Russian pianist from Paris, they send the beautiful Ninotchka to try and bring him home. However, she slowly starts to fall for American movie producer Steve Canfield, who wants the musician to compose for his latest film. Musical remake of Ninotchka.

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