Commissar Razinin — Ninotchka Character Profile

About Commissar Razinin

A stern Soviet official in Moscow who dispatches Ninotchka to Paris to handle the jewel sale and later sends her to Constantinople to retrieve the three comrades.

Character Facts

Played by

Bela Lugosi

Appears in

Ninotchka (1939)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (1)

• Commissar Razinin — Conflict Political Antagonist — Grand Duchess Swana (Ina Claire)

  Ideological enemies representing opposing political systems.

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• Nina "Ninotchka" Ivanovna Yakushova (Greta Garbo)
• Count Leon d'Algout (Melvyn Douglas)
• Grand Duchess Swana (Ina Claire)
• Gaston (Richard Carle)
• Comrade Iranoff (Sig Ruman)
• Porter at Railroad Station (uncredited) (George Davis)
• Comrade Buljanoff (Felix Bressart)
• Attendant (uncredited) (Fred Farrell)
• Swana's Maid Jacqueline (uncredited) (Dorothy Adams)
• Comrade Kopalski (Alexander Granach)
• Minor Role (uncredited) (Paul Ellis)
• Gossip (uncredited) (Symona Boniface)