Balalaika (Remastered Edition) (1939) On DVD

Actor:         Ilona Massey, Charlie Ruggles, Frank Morgan, Lionel Atwill, C. Aubrey Smith
Director:     Reinhold Schunzel
Genre:        Musicals
Year:           1939
Studio:        Warner Archive
Length:       102
Released:   March 8, 2012
Rating:        Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:       DVD
Misc:           Black & White
Language:  English
Subtitles  :  N/A

DESCRIPTION:

Nelson Eddy (Rose Marie) stars as a Czarist prince who falls in love with a café singer in the days just before the Russian Revolution in this gorgeous period musical. Prince Peter (Eddy) masquerades as a poor worker to woo Lydia Marakov (Massey) and secretly arranges for her to audition at the Imperial opera, and the two fall in love. Their romance is shattered, however, when Lydia discovers Peter's true identity when he leads his Cossacks into town to break up a demonstration that ends with tragic consequences. Only after the war, when the two have become émigrés in Paris, are they reunited. Featuring wonderful Russian music and songs and sterling performances by the cast, Balalaika is an enduring treasure.