Silk Stockings
by Abe Burrows, George S Kaufman, Cole Porter, Leueen MacGrath, Melchior Lengyel

When stern Soviet agent meets slippery American agent, the sparks fly – as does a love story that allows them to celebrate how Paris loves lovers before a frightening – but brief – detour to Moscow.

At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet pianist named Boroff defects while visiting Paris.

His skills (and contracts) are immediately taken up by Steve Canfield, an American show biz agent, who wishes the pianist to compose movie music for a new version of War and Peace as a vehicle for film swimming star, Janice Dayton.

In the meantime, three Soviet agents are sent to bring Boroff back to Moscow.

When they go hopelessly and joyfully native in Paris, their female superior, Nina Yakoushouva – Ninotchka – goes to the City of Light to bring back all four defectors.