It Was a Gay Ballnight
In 1865, Katharina attends a ball in Moscow where she encounters Tchaikowsky, her first and only love. The young man, now married to the wealthy Michael Iwanowitsch Murakin—a husband she does not love—has not forgotten Piotr Illich, the composer who has yet to rise to fame. Both remain deeply in love with each other, yet Piotr is engaged to Nastassia, a dancer, while Katharina herself cannot leave her husband. Katharina then chooses to sacrifice her own happiness for the composer’s success, secretly backing him. Piotr will learn of this only years later. When Katharina finally finds herself free, it is too late: Tchaikowsky is dying of cholera, and she only has time to close his eyes.
Director(s)
Carl Froelich
Cast & Crew
It Was a Gay Ballnight FAQs
Carl Froelich is the director of It Was a Gay Ballnight.
The cast of It Was a Gay Ballnight includes Fritz Rasp as Kritiker Porphyr Philippowitsch Kruglikow, Zarah Leander as Katharina Alexandrowna Murakina, Leopold von Ledebur as Ein General, Karl Hellmer as Stepan, Butler, Wolfgang von Schwindt as Onkel Jarow, Eduard Bornträger as Schwager Jarow, Karl Hannemann as Pjotr, Murakins Butler, Leo Slezak as Prof. Maxililian Hunsinger, Paul Dahlke as Musikverleger Iwan Cäsarowitsch Glykow, Max Harry Ernst as Guest at Concert, Marika Rökk as Tänzerin Nastassja Petrowna Jarowa, Hans Stüwe as Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky, and more.
The duration of It Was a Gay Ballnight is 1h 34 mins.
It Was a Gay Ballnight was released on 12 Aug 1939.
It Was a Gay Ballnight is listed under Drama on Fanbiz.
