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It Was a Gay Ballnight

64 %|Aug 12, 1939|Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Carl Froelich
Director
Gustav Lohse
Editor
Géza von Cziffra
Writer
Carl Froelich
Producer
Franz Weihmayr
Director of Photography

Cast

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Zarah Leander
Katharina Alexandrowna Murakina
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Marika Rökk
Tänzerin Nastassja Petrowna Jarowa
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Hans Stüwe
Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky
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Aribert Wäscher
Michael Iwanowitsch Murakin
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Paul Dahlke
Musikverleger Iwan Cäsarowitsch Glykow
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Leo Slezak
Prof. Maxililian Hunsinger
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Fritz Rasp
Kritiker Porphyr Philippowitsch Kruglikow
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Kurt Vespermann
Ferdyschtschenko
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Eduard Bornträger
Schwager Jarow
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Hugo Froelich
Vater Jarow
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Karl Haubenreißer
Gruda, Konzertagent
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Karl Hellmer
Stepan, Butler
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Traute Bengen
Mother waiting at Station
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Ernst Dumcke
Dmitri Pawlowitsch Miljukin
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Max Harry Ernst
Guest at Concert
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Claire Glib
Eine dicke Dame
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Lotte Goebel
Sonja, Katharina's Maid
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Grete Greef-Fabri
Mutter Jarrow
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Karl Hannemann
Pjotr, Murakins Butler
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Eva Immermann
Eine junge Fürstin
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Gerda Kuhlmey
Katharina's Guest
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Maria Loja
Elsa Siebeneiner
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Benno Mueller
Gast beim Konzert
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Maria Reisenhofer
Eine alte Fürstin
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Ferdinand Robert
Guest at Masked Ball
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Franz Stein
Dr. Ossorgin
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Arnim Suessenguth
Großfürst Konstantin Konstantinowitsch
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Eva Wegener
Katharina's Guest