The last mass trials were a great success. There are going to be fewer but better Russians.

Greta Garbo

Ninotchka

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Show trials Russian communism

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Ninotchka

Actor

Greta Garbo

Source

Ninotchka

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Romantic comedy

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

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Ninotchka. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.

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Topic
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Bertolt Brecht
Source
Questions from a Worker Who Reads
Medium
Poem
Genre
Political literature
Statement Type
Question
Language
German
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
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Brecht, Bertolt. "Fragen eines lesenden Arbeiters [Questions of a Reading Worker]." Das Wort, 1936.

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Dorothy Gale

The Wizard of Oz

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Adventure
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Dorothy Gale
Actor
Judy Garland
Source
Over the Rainbow The Wizard of Oz
Medium
Song Film
Language
English
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
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Citation

"Over the Rainbow." The Wizard of Oz. Directed by Victor Fleming, performed by Judy Garland, composed by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Harburg, Edgar Yipsel "Yip." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.