Huumaava tanssiaisyö

Name: Es war eine rauschende Ballnacht
Genre: Drama
Released: 1939-09-24
Duration: 1 h 34 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Zarah Leander, Aribert Wäscher, Hans Stüwe

Original title: Es war eine rauschende Ballnacht

19391939
K-16K-16
1h 34m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

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Drama

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... Read all1865. 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 lo... Read all1865. 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 Kathari... Read all

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

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Director
- Carl Froelich
Writers
- Jean Victor(story)
- Georg Wittuhn(story)
- Géza von Cziffra(screenplay)
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Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination

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Marika Rökk in Huumaava tanssiaisyö (1939)

Marika Rökk and Hans Stüwe in Huumaava tanssiaisyö (1939)

Zarah Leander in Huumaava tanssiaisyö (1939)

Trivia
Zarah Leander's character Katharina Alexandrowna Murakina is very loosely based on Nadeschda Filaretowna von Meck, who was a friend of Tchaikovski, not a romantic partner of him, as in the movie. Like in the movie Von Meck supported Tchaikovski financially and he also wrote music for her. She died a few months after Tchaikovski in January 1894.

Goofs
Through the movie Tchaikovski is portrayed as an avid ball visitor. However he wasn't like that and was more melancholic.

Connections
Edited into Bellaria - nostalginen elokuvateatteri (2002)

Soundtracks
Romanze op. 5 (Das Lied, das einst in uns'ren Herzen sang ...)
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Zarah Leander

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Review

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Heavy German biopic of Tchaikovsky

The film follows part of the adult life of the composer Tchaikowsky, starting in Moscow in 1865. His moods and his loves are touched on, but the film's attempt to be highbrow and dramatic, and in 1939 Germany politically proper, make the film hard work for the viewer.

It's a pity it's in monochrome, because the several ball scenes and the ballet sequence are spectacular but would be fabulous in colour.

Dull acting and direction make the film fail to capture the imagination, and the romantic intrigue is hopelessly lame.

The title means "It was a glittering ball"

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