- Release date
- August 13, 1939
- Comments
- "The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky" or "It Was a Lovely Night at the Ball" is a 1939 German historical drama film starring Zarah Leander, Marika Rökk, Aribert Wäscher and Hans Stüwe. The film portrays the fictional relationship between the Russian composer Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (Stüwe) and an aristocratic woman (Leander), who, unhappily married, falls in love with him and decides to secretly support his work financially. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival.