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
Katharina Alexandrowna Murakina

Marika Rökk
Tänzerin Nastassja Petrowna Jarowa

Hans Stüwe
Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky

Aribert Wäscher
Michael Iwanowitsch Murakin

Paul Dahlke
Musikverleger Iwan Cäsarowitsch Glykow

Leo Slezak
Prof. Maxililian Hunsinger

Fritz Rasp
Kritiker Porphyr Philippowitsch Kruglikow

Kurt Vespermann
Ferdyschtschenko

Eduard Bornträger
Schwager Jarow

Hugo Froelich
Vater Jarow

Karl Haubenreißer
Gruda, Konzertagent

Karl Hellmer
Stepan, Butler

Wolfgang von Schwindt
Onkel Jarow

Georg Wittuhn
Writer

Traute Bengen
Mother waiting at Station

Richard Anden
Writer

Ernst Dumcke
Dmitri Pawlowitsch Miljukin

Max Harry Ernst
Guest at Concert

Frank Thieß
Writer

Claire Glib
Eine dicke Dame

Lotte Goebel
Sonja, Katharina's Maid

Grete Greef-Fabri
Mutter Jarrow

Karl Hannemann
Pjotr, Murakins Butler

Franz Schroedter
ProductionDesigner

Eva Immermann
Eine junge Fürstin

Gerda Kuhlmey
Katharina's Guest

Maria Loja
Elsa Siebeneiner

Benno Mueller
Gast beim Konzert

Maria Reisenhofer
Eine alte Fürstin

Ferdinand Robert
Guest at Masked Ball

Franz Stein
Dr. Ossorgin

Arnim Suessenguth
Großfürst Konstantin Konstantinowitsch
Media.

Details.
Release DateAugust 12, 1939
Original NameEs war eine rauschende Ballnacht
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Genres
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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. 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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