It Was a Gay Ballnight

Movie

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.

Date: 08/12/1939

Rating: 6.4

Cast: Zarah Leander, Marika Rökk, Hans Stüwe, Aribert Wäscher, Paul Dahlke, Leo Slezak, Fritz Rasp, Kurt Vespermann, Eduard Bornträger, Hugo Froelich, Karl Haubenreißer, Karl Hellmer, Wolfgang von Schwindt, Traute Bengen, Ernst Dumcke, Max Harry Ernst, Claire Glib, Lotte Goebel, Grete Greef-Fabri, Karl Hannemann, Eva Immermann, Gerda Kuhlmey, Maria Loja, Benno Mueller, Maria Reisenhofer, Ferdinand Robert, Franz Stein, Arnim Suessenguth, Leopold von Ledebur, Eva Wegener

Zarah Leander