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, Michael Iwanowitschs Frau
Aribert Wäscher
Michael Iwanowitsch Murakin
Hans Stüwe
Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky
Paul Dahlke
Musikverleger Iwan Cäsarowitsch Glykow
Marika Rökk
Nastassja Petrowna Jarowa, Dancer
Leo Slezak
Prof. Maxililian Hunsinger
Carl Froelich
Director
Fritz Rasp
Kritiker Porphyr Philippowitsch Kruglikow
Georg Wittuhn
Writer
Kurt Vespermann
Ferdyschtschenko
Eduard Bornträger
Schwager Jarow
Richard Anden
Writer
Frank Thieß
Writer
Hugo Froelich
Vater Jarow
Franz Weihmayr
Cinematographer
Karl Haubenreißer
Gruda, Konzertagent
Karl Hellmer
Stepan, Butler
Wolfgang von Schwindt
Onkel Jarow
Traute Bengen
Mother waiting at Station
Ernst Dumcke
Dmitri Pawlowitsch Miljukin
Max Harry Ernst
Guest at Concert
Claire Glib
Eine dicke Dame
Lotte Goebel
Sonja, Katharina's Maid
Grete Greef-Fabri
Mutter Jarrow
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 12, 1939
Original NameEs war eine rauschende Ballnacht
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Genres
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.