It Was a Gay Ballnight

It Was a Gay Ballnight (1939)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1939-08-12
  • User Rating: 6.4/10 from 5 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 34min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: Tonfilmstudio Carl Froelich
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Director: Carl Froelich
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Summary

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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  • 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
Directing Carl Froelich Director
Writing Géza von Cziffra Writer
Editing Gustav Lohse Editor
Production Carl Froelich Producer
Camera Franz Weihmayr Director of Photography

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