
It Was a Gay Ballnight
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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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Director: Carl FroelichWriter: Géza von Cziffra

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
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