Ninotchka Quotes
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Source: Ninotchka
Speaker: Count Leon d'Algout
Ninotchka, it's midnight. One half of Paris is making love to the other half.
Context
This line is spoken by Count Leon d'Algout (played by Melvyn Douglas) in the film Ninotchka, directed by Ernst Lubitsch (1939).
In Soviet Russia, movies watch you. Maybe that's what makes Nina Ivanovna Yakushova, a.k.a. "Ninotchka" (played by Greta Garbo), so cold and humorless. But that doesn't stop Count Leon D'Algout from trying to seduce her, and when the clock strikes midnight, he does it with this romantic declaration. And wow, it works. This line is just what she needs to thaw out a little bit.
Where you've heard it
You probably heard this when the clock struck midnight and some film buff tried to put the moves on you.
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
Hey, we're just glad there's a quote to use at midnight that isn't a Cinderella joke. No, we're not going to turn into a pumpkin.