It Was a Gay Ballnight

It Was a Gay Ballnight (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.

Director: Carl Froelich

Casts

	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

Crew