The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky

The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky
Directed by	Carl Froelich
Produced by	Carl Froelich
Written by	Géza von Cziffra (novel + screenplay) Frank Thieß Georg Wittuhn Jean Victor
Starring	Zarah Leander Aribert Wäscher Hans Stüwe Marika Rökk
Music by	Theo Mackeben
Cinematography	Franz Weihmayr
Edited by	Gustav Lohse
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release dates	13 August 1939
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky or It Was a Lovely Night at the Ball (German:Es war eine rauschende Ballnacht) is a 1939 German historical drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Zarah Leander, Aribert Wäscher and Hans Stüwe.^[1] The film portrays the fictional relationship between the Russian composer Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky and an aristocratic woman who, unhappily married, falls in love with him and decides to secretly support his work financially. It premiered on 13 August 1939 at the Venice Film Festival.

Cast

Zarah Leander as Katharina Alexandrowna Murakina
Aribert Wäscher as Michael Iwanowitsch Murakin
Hans Stüwe as Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky
Marika Rökk as Nastassja Petrowna Jarowa, Dancer
Leo Slezak as Prof. Otto Hunsinger
Fritz Rasp as Porphyr Philippowitsch Kruglikow, Kritiker
Paul Dahlke as Iwan Casarowitsch Glykow, Music publisher
Hugo Froelich as Vater Jarow
Karl Haubenreißer as Gruda, Konzertagent
Karl Hellmer as Stepan, Butler
Wolfgang von Schwindt as Onkel Jarow
Kurt Vespermann as Ferdyschtschenko
Traute Bengen as Mother waiting at Station
Eduard Bornträger as Schwager Jarow
Ernst Dumcke as Dmitri Pawlowitsch Miljukin
Max Harry Ernst as Guest at Concert
Claire Glib as Eine dicke Dame
Lotte Goebel as Sonja, Katharina's Maid
Grete Greef-Fabri as Mutter Jarrow
Karl Hannemann as Pjotr, Murakins Butler
Eva Immermann as Eine junge Fürstin
Gerda Kuhlmey as Katharina's Guest
Maria Loja as Elsa Siebeneiner
Benno Mueller as Gast beim Konzert
Maria Reisenhofer as Eine alte Fürstin
Ferdinand Robert as Guest at Masked Ball
Franz Stein as Dr. Ossorgin
Arnim Suessenguth as Großfürst Konstantin Konstantinowitsch
Leopold von Ledebur as Ein General
Eva Wegener as Katharina's Guest

References

↑ Reimer & Reimer p.119

Bibliography

Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
Reimer, Robert C. & Reimer, Carol J. The A to Z of German Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2010.

External links

The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Carl Froelich

The Destiny of Carola van Geldern (1919)
The Dancer (1919)
Wandering Souls (1921)
The Kwannon of Okadera (1921)
The Brothers Karamazov (1921)
The Good for Nothings (1922)
Luise Millerin (1922)
Hallig Hooge (1923)
Mother and Child (1924)
The Adventures of Sybil Brent (1925)
Chamber Music (1925)
Roses from the South (1926)
The Long Intermission (1927)
Love in the Cowshed (1928)
Lotte (1928)
Love and Thieves (1928)
Escape (1928)
Violantha (1928)
The Night Belongs to Us (1929)
Louise, Queen of Prussia (1931)
Mädchen in Uniform (1931)
Trouble with Jolanthe (1934)
Sergeant Schwenke (1935)
The Private Life of Louis XIV (1935)
The Dreamer (1936)
If We All Were Angels (1936)
Such Great Foolishness (1937)
Heimat (1938)
The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl (1938)
The Four Companions (1938)
The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky (1939)
The Gasman (1941)
Wedding in Barenhof (1942)
The Buchholz Family (1944)

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