Balalaika (1939)
1h 42m
Running Time
December 15, 1939Release Date
Balalaika (1939)
1h 42m
Running Time
December 15, 1939Release Date
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Plot.
A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary activities fall in love.
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Cast & Crew.
Nelson Eddy
Prince Peter Karagin, aka Peter Teranda
Ilona Massey
Lydia Pavlovna Marakova
Charles Ruggles
Nicki Popoff
Frank Morgan
Ivan Danchenoff
Lionel Atwill
Prof. Marakov
C. Aubrey Smith
Gen. Karagin
Joyce Compton
Masha (Lydia's maid)
Dalies Frantz
Dimitri Marakov
Walter Woolf King
Capt. Michael Sibirsky
Phillip Terry
Lt. Smirnoff
Frederick Worlock
Ramensky
Richard Connell
Writer
Reinhold Schünzel
Director
Abner Biberman
Leo Proplinski
Arthur W. Cernitz
Sergei Pavloff
Leon Gordon
Writer
Charles Bennett
Writer
Roland Varno
Lieutenant Nikitin
Jacques Deval
Writer
George Tobias
Slaski
Eric Maschwitz
Writer
Paul Sutton
Anton
Lawrence Weingarten
Producer
Willy Castello
Capt. Testoff
Herbert Stothart
Composer
Paul Irving
Prince Morodin
Mildred Shay
Jeanette Sibirsky
Karl Freund
Cinematographer
Alma Kruger
Mrs. Danchenoff
Joseph Ruttenberg
Cinematographer
Zeffie Tilbury
Natalya Petrovna
George Boemler
Editor
Demetrius Alexis
(uncredited)
Dorothy Ates
Cafe Girl (uncredited)
Douglas Beattie
Baritone (uncredited)
John Bleifer
(uncredited)
Charles Brokaw
Soldier (uncredited)
Rand Brooks
Crying Soldier (uncredited)
Maurice Cass
(uncredited)
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Soldier (uncredited)
Irene Coleman
Cafe Girl (uncredited)
Alexis Davidoff
(uncredited)
Dick Dennis
Singer (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
Singer (uncredited)
Jack George
Violinist (uncredited)
Boris Glagolin
(uncredited)
John Gubbins
(uncredited)
Eddie Hart
(uncredited)
John Holland
(uncredited)
Charles Judels
Batoff (uncredited)
Ilia Khmara
(uncredited)
Harry Lamont
(uncredited)
David Laughlin
(uncredited)
Jack Luden
(uncredited)
Michael Mark
(uncredited)
Art Miles
(uncredited)
Paul Newlan
Policeman
Sigurd Nilssen
Sultan (uncredited)
Ed Payson
(uncredited)
Irra Petina
(uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Doorman (uncredited)
Rex Post
(uncredited)
Frank Puglia
Ivan (uncredited)
Constantine Romanoff
(uncredited)
William Royle
(uncredited)
Hector V. Sarno
(uncredited)
Earl Seaman
Soldier (uncredited)
Harry Semels
(uncredited)
Marla Shelton
(uncredited)
Florence Shirley
Lily Allison (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson
(uncredited)
Kay Sutton
Girl (uncredited)
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Wiki.
Balalaika is a 1939 American musical romance film based on the 1936 London stage musical of the same name. Produced by Lawrence Weingarten and directed by Reinhold Schunzel, it starred Nelson Eddy and Ilona Massey.
The film follows the romance of Prince Peter Karagin and Lydia Pavlovna Marakova, a singer and secret revolutionary, in Imperial Russia on the eve of World War I. Douglas Shearer was nominated for the 1939 Academy Award for Best Sound Recording.