---
title: 'Balalaika (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Reinhold Schünzel'
released: '1939-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/balalaika-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031074/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Balalaika (1939)

1939 · 104 min · Drama, Music · United States


## Synopsis

Balalaika is a 1939 American musical romance film based on the 1936 London stage musical of the same name. Produced by Lawrence Weingarten and directed by Reinhold Schunzel, it starred Nelson Eddy and Ilona Massey.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Reinhold Schünzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/reinhold-schunzel)
- **Screenplay:** [Charles Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-bennett), [Jacques Deval](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-deval)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Herbert Stothart](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-stothart)
- **Producer:** [Lawrence Weingarten](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-weingarten)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Freund](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-freund), [Joseph Ruttenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-ruttenberg)
- **Editor:** [George Boemler](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-boemler)

## Cast

- [Serge Protzenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/serge-protzenko)
- [Frank Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-morgan)
- [Ellinor Vanderveer](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellinor-vanderveer)
- [Zeffie Tilbury](https://cinepixo.com/people/zeffie-tilbury)
- [Nelson Eddy](https://cinepixo.com/people/nelson-eddy)
- [Lionel Atwill](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-atwill)
- [John Bleifer](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-bleifer)
- [Ernő Verebes](https://cinepixo.com/people/erno-verebes)
- [Joyce Compton](https://cinepixo.com/people/joyce-compton)
- [Charles Ruggles](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-ruggles)
- [Roland Varno](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-varno)
- [Frank Puglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-puglia)
- [Mildred Shay](https://cinepixo.com/people/mildred-shay)
- [George Tobias](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-tobias)
- [Ilona Massey](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilona-massey)

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