Ninotchka Page #4

For a moment all three see their bright plans crumble. Then

Iranoff comes to the rescue.

IRANOFF:

Yes, it's an idea, but who says we

have to have an idea?

Buljanoff and Kopalski see the logic of this and their faces

light up.

BOTH:

That's right... that's right.

BULJANOFF:

(turning to the Manager)

Give us the Royal Suite.

The Manager leads the three toward the elevator. The CAMERA

FOLLOWS THEM and NARROWS DOWN to the suitcase carried by two

of the Russians.

DISSOLVE TO:

DARK INTERIOR OF SAFE -- ROYAL SUITE

We hear from the outside the turning of a key, the opening

of a door, then the turning of the dial, and then we see the

safe door open. Through the open door we now see the Royal

Suite. The Three Russians are standing in front of the safe.

One of them puts the suitcase into it.

MEDIUM SHOT -- ROYAL SUITE OF THE HOTEL CLARENCE

Shooting from the interior of the room toward the safe. The

Three Russians are standing around it. As Buljanoff and

Iranoff close the safe door, Kopalski walks out of the shot.

The CAMERA STAYS for a few seconds on Buljanoff and Iranoff,

then PANS OVER to the center of the room, where a waiter is

setting a breakfast table. He is the former Count Rakonin, a

Russian exile employed by the Hotel Clarence. Rakonin is

looking with great interest toward the safe, and as he does

so we hear Kopalski's voice talking into the telephone.

KOPALSKI'S VOICE

Will you connect me with Mercier...

yes, the jeweler...

Rakonin pricks up his ears and looks toward the telephone.

CLOSE SHOT -- KOPALSKI -- AT TELEPHONE

KOPALSKI:

I want to speak with Monsieur Mercier

personally... Hello, Monsieur Mercier?

This is Kopalski of the Russian Board

of Trade. We arrived this morning...

Thank you.

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