It Was a Gay Ballnight (1939)
1h 34m
Running Time
August 12, 1939Release Date
It Was a Gay Ballnight (1939)
1h 34m
Running Time
August 12, 1939Release Date
Plot.
1865. Katharina goes to a ball in Moscow. There she meets again Tchaikowsky, her first and only love. The young, who is now married to wealthy Michael Iwanowitsch Murakin, a man she does not love, has not forgotten Piotr Illich, the (not yet) famous composer. Both are still in love with each other but Piotr is engaged to Nastassia, a dancer, while for her part Katharina cannot leave her husband. Tchaikowky's first love then decides to sacrifice her happiness to the success of the composer, sponsoring him in secret. Something Piotr will learn only years after. When Katharina finds herself free at last it is too late: Tchaikowsky is dying of cholera and she only has time to close his eyes.
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Cast & Crew.
![Zarah Leander](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/89067-zarah-leander.webp)
Zarah Leander
Katharina Alexandrowna Murakina
![Marika Rökk](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/93322-marika-rokk.webp)
Marika Rökk
Tänzerin Nastassja Petrowna Jarowa
![Hans Stüwe](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/163408-hans-stuwe.webp)
Hans Stüwe
Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky
![Aribert Wäscher](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/91512-aribert-wascher.webp)
Aribert Wäscher
Michael Iwanowitsch Murakin
![Paul Dahlke](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/81315-paul-dahlke.webp)
Paul Dahlke
Musikverleger Iwan Cäsarowitsch Glykow
![Leo Slezak](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/89066-leo-slezak.webp)
Leo Slezak
Prof. Maxililian Hunsinger
![Fritz Rasp](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22347-fritz-rasp.webp)
Fritz Rasp
Kritiker Porphyr Philippowitsch Kruglikow
![Kurt Vespermann](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/257233-kurt-vespermann.webp)
Kurt Vespermann
Ferdyschtschenko
![Eduard Bornträger](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Eduard Bornträger
Schwager Jarow
![Hugo Froelich](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hugo Froelich
Vater Jarow
![Karl Haubenreißer](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Karl Haubenreißer
Gruda, Konzertagent
![Karl Hellmer](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/93329-karl-hellmer.webp)
Karl Hellmer
Stepan, Butler
![Wolfgang von Schwindt](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Wolfgang von Schwindt
Onkel Jarow
![Georg Wittuhn](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Georg Wittuhn
Writer
![Traute Bengen](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Traute Bengen
Mother waiting at Station
![Richard Anden](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Richard Anden
Writer
![Ernst Dumcke](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ernst Dumcke
Dmitri Pawlowitsch Miljukin
![Max Harry Ernst](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Max Harry Ernst
Guest at Concert
![Frank Thieß](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/285437-frank-thiess.webp)
Frank Thieß
Writer
![Claire Glib](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Claire Glib
Eine dicke Dame
![Lotte Goebel](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Lotte Goebel
Sonja, Katharina's Maid
![Grete Greef-Fabri](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Grete Greef-Fabri
Mutter Jarrow
![Karl Hannemann](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Karl Hannemann
Pjotr, Murakins Butler
![Franz Schroedter](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Franz Schroedter
ProductionDesigner
Media.
![It Was a Gay Ballnight](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/49193-it-was-a-gay-ballnight.webp)
Details.
Release DateAugust 12, 1939
Original NameEs war eine rauschende Ballnacht
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Genres
Last updated:
Wiki.
The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky or It Was a Lovely Night at the Ball (German: Es war eine rauschende Ballnacht) is a 1939 German historical drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Zarah Leander, Aribert Wäscher and Hans Stüwe. The film portrays the fictional relationship between the Russian composer Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky and an aristocratic woman who, unhappily married, falls in love with him and decides to secretly support his work financially. It premiered on 13 August 1939 at the Venice Film Festival.
It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter.
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