It Was a Gay Ballnight

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.

• Carl FroelichDirector
• Géza von CziffraWriter

• Zarah LeanderKatharina Alexandrowna Murakina
• Marika RökkTänzerin Nastassja Petrowna Jarowa
• Hans StüwePeter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky
• Aribert WäscherMichael Iwanowitsch Murakin
• Paul DahlkeMusikverleger Iwan Cäsarowitsch Glykow
• Leo SlezakProf. Maxililian Hunsinger
• Fritz RaspKritiker Porphyr Philippowitsch Kruglikow
• Kurt VespermannFerdyschtschenko
• Eduard BornträgerSchwager Jarow
• Hugo FroelichVater Jarow
• Karl HaubenreißerGruda, Konzertagent
• Karl HellmerStepan, Butler