Count Alexis Rakonin — Ninotchka Character Profile

About Count Alexis Rakonin

A former White Russian nobleman now working as a hotel waiter. He steals the aristocratic jewels at Swana's behest, triggering Ninotchka's compromise and departure.

Character Facts

Played by

Gregory Gaye

Appears in

Ninotchka (1939)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Ninotchka

• Nina "Ninotchka" Ivanovna Yakushova (Greta Garbo)
• Count Leon d'Algout (Melvyn Douglas)
• Grand Duchess Swana (Ina Claire)
• Commissar Razinin (Bela Lugosi)
• 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)