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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Edited by Gustav LohseShot by Franz WeihmayrDesigned by Franz Schroedter
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18 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Leo Slezak
as Prof. Otto Hunsinger
Fritz Rasp
as Porphyr Philippowitsch Kruglikow, Kritiker
Hugo Froelich
as Vater Jarow
Karl Haubenrei Er
as Gruda, Konzertagent
Zarah Leander
as Katharina Alexandrowna Murakina, Michael Iwanowitschs Frau
Aribert Wascher
as Michael Iwanowitsch Murakin
Hans Stuwe
as Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky
Marika Rokk
as Nastassja Petrowna Jarowa, Dancer
Paul Dahlke
as Iwan Casarowitsch Glykow, Music publisher
Karl Hellmer
as Stepan, Butler
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