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.
as Katharina Alexandrowna Murakina
as Tänzerin Nastassja Petrowna Jarowa
as Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky
as Michael Iwanowitsch Murakin
as Musikverleger Iwan Cäsarowitsch Glykow
as Prof. Maxililian Hunsinger
as Kritiker Porphyr Philippowitsch Kruglikow
as Ferdyschtschenko
as Schwager Jarow
as Vater Jarow
as Gruda, Konzertagent
as Stepan, Butler
as Onkel Jarow
as Mother waiting at Station
as Dmitri Pawlowitsch Miljukin
as Guest at Concert
as Eine dicke Dame
as Sonja, Katharina's Maid
as Mutter Jarrow
as Pjotr, Murakins Butler
as Eine junge Fürstin
as Katharina's Guest
as Elsa Siebeneiner
as Gast beim Konzert
as Eine alte Fürstin
as Guest at Masked Ball
as Dr. Ossorgin
as Großfürst Konstantin Konstantinowitsch
as Ein General
as Katharina's Guest
