It Was a Gay Ballnight

It Was a Gay Ballnight

94 mins | Drama | Aug. 12, 1939

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.

It Was a Gay Ballnight

94 mins | Drama | Aug. 12, 1939

It Was a Gay Ballnight
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Tonfilmstudio Carl Froelich
Original title Es war eine rauschende Ballnacht
Directors Carl Froelich
Writers Géza von Cziffra

Cast

Zarah Leander

as Katharina Alexandrowna Murakina

Marika Rökk

as Tänzerin Nastassja Petrowna Jarowa

Hans Stüwe

as Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky

Aribert Wäscher

as Michael Iwanowitsch Murakin

Paul Dahlke

as Musikverleger Iwan Cäsarowitsch Glykow

Leo Slezak

as Prof. Maxililian Hunsinger

Fritz Rasp

as Kritiker Porphyr Philippowitsch Kruglikow

Kurt Vespermann

as Ferdyschtschenko

Eduard Bornträger

as Schwager Jarow

Hugo Froelich

as Vater Jarow

Karl Haubenreißer

as Gruda, Konzertagent

Karl Hellmer

as Stepan, Butler

Wolfgang von Schwindt

as Onkel Jarow

Traute Bengen

as Mother waiting at Station

Ernst Dumcke

as Dmitri Pawlowitsch Miljukin

Max Harry Ernst

as Guest at Concert

Claire Glib

as Eine dicke Dame

Lotte Goebel

as Sonja, Katharina's Maid

Grete Greef-Fabri

as Mutter Jarrow

Karl Hannemann

as Pjotr, Murakins Butler

Eva Immermann

as Eine junge Fürstin

Gerda Kuhlmey

as Katharina's Guest

Maria Loja

as Elsa Siebeneiner

Benno Mueller

as Gast beim Konzert

Maria Reisenhofer

as Eine alte Fürstin

Ferdinand Robert

as Guest at Masked Ball

Franz Stein

as Dr. Ossorgin

Arnim Suessenguth

as Großfürst Konstantin Konstantinowitsch

Leopold von Ledebur

as Ein General

Eva Wegener

as Katharina's Guest