Balalaika (1939)

Balalaika Poster

1h 42min | Music, Romance | Dec 15, 1939 | Released

A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary activities fall in love.

Director: Reinhold Schünzel

Producer: Lawrence Weingarten

Writer(s): Eric Maschwitz

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Cast & Crew

Cast (42 Members)

Feodor Chaliapin Jr.

Soldier

Charles Ruggles

Nicki Popoff

C. Aubrey Smith

Gen. Karagin

Prof. Marakov

Lt. Nikitin

Danchenoff's Secretary

Princess Natalya Petrovna

Ivan Danchenoff

Frederick Worlock

Ramensky

Lydia Pavlovna Marakova

Leo Proplinski

Mrs. Danchenoff

Slaski (bartender)

Wilbur Allison

Prince Peter Karagin, aka Peter Teranda

Marjorie Woodworth

Russian Girl (uncredited)

Ivan - Troika Inn Owner

Masha (Lydia's maid)

Crying Soldier

Batoff

Lt. Smirnoff

Doorman

Monte Vandergrift

Corporal

Girl at the Balalaika

Anton (waiter)

Policeman

Florence Shirley

Lily Allison

Soldier

Prince Morodin

Dimitri Marakov

Singer

Capt. Testoff

Walter Woolf King

Capt. Michael Sibirsky

Jeanette Sibirsky

Violinist

Soldier

Cafe Girl

Singer

Arthur W. Cernitz

Capt. Sergei Pavloff

Cafe Girl

Sultan

Soldier

Feodor Chaliapin Jr. Soldier

Charles Ruggles Nicki Popoff

C. Aubrey Smith Gen. Karagin

Lionel Atwill Prof. Marakov

Roland Varno Lt. Nikitin

Ernö Verebes Danchenoff's Secretary

Zeffie Tilbury Princess Natalya Petrovna

Frank Morgan Ivan Danchenoff

Frederick Worlock Ramensky

Ilona Massey Lydia Pavlovna Marakova

Abner Biberman Leo Proplinski

Alma Kruger Mrs. Danchenoff

George Tobias Slaski (bartender)

Andrew Tombes Wilbur Allison

Nelson Eddy Prince Peter Karagin, aka Peter Teranda

Marjorie Woodworth Russian Girl (uncredited)

Frank Puglia Ivan - Troika Inn Owner

Joyce Compton Masha (Lydia's maid)

Rand Brooks Crying Soldier

Charles Judels Batoff

Phillip Terry Lt. Smirnoff

Lee Phelps Doorman

Monte Vandergrift Corporal

Kay Sutton Girl at the Balalaika

Paul Sutton Anton (waiter)

Paul Newlan Policeman

Florence Shirley Lily Allison

Charles Brokaw Soldier

Paul Irving Prince Morodin

Dalies Frantz Dimitri Marakov

Al Ferguson Singer

Willy Castello Capt. Testoff

Walter Woolf King Capt. Michael Sibirsky

Mildred Shay Jeanette Sibirsky

Jack George Violinist

Earl Seaman Soldier

Irene Coleman Cafe Girl

Dick Dennis Singer

Arthur W. Cernitz Capt. Sergei Pavloff

Dorothy Ates Cafe Girl

Sigurd Nilssen Sultan

George Volk Soldier

Crew (12 Members)

Director of Photography

Writer

Charles Bennett

Writer

Lawrence Weingarten

Producer

Reinhold Schünzel

Director

Art Direction

Edwin B. Willis

Set Decoration

Joseph Ruttenberg

Director of Photography

Editor

Writer

Herbert Stothart

Original Music Composer

Screenplay

Karl Freund Director of Photography

Leon Gordon Writer

Charles Bennett Writer

Lawrence Weingarten Producer

Reinhold Schünzel Director

Cedric Gibbons Art Direction

Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration

Joseph Ruttenberg Director of Photography

George Boemler Editor

Jacques Deval Writer

Herbert Stothart Original Music Composer

Eric Maschwitz Screenplay

Age At Time Of Release

49

45

Feodor Chaliapin Jr.

34

Charles Ruggles

53

C. Aubrey Smith

76

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