Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: Prince Peter Karagin is captain riding home from manoeuvres to evening of wine women and song at St. Petersburg 's Cafe Balalaika, Fact2: Balalaika 's new star is blackmailed into attending officers party, Fact3: Lydia understands both his former and current motives, Fact4: Lydia 's brother is killed after giving seditious speech on street by Cossacks led by Peter, Fact5: general be needed to defend Mother Russia
Output (English): In 1914 Tsarist Russia, Prince Peter Karagin Nelson Eddy is a captain of the Cossack Guards, riding home from manoeuvres to an evening of wine, women and song at St. Petersburgs Cafe Balalaika. The Balalaikas new star, Lydia Pavlovna Marakova Ilona Massey, is blackmailed into attending the officers party and is expected to choose a favoured one. She intrigues Karagin when she makes good her escape instead. Masquerading as a poor music student, Karagin insinuating himself into Lydias family and circle of musician friends, unaware that they are dedicated revolutionaries. He discovers his larcenous orderly, Nikki Poppov Charles Ruggles, courting the Marakovs maid, Masha Joyce Compton. Karagin then bullies Ivan Danchenoff Frank Morgan, Director of the Imperial Opera, into giving Lydia an audition; Danchenoff is pleasantly surprised to find that unlike the 60 other women foisted on him by other aristocrats she has real talent. Later, Karagin orders his usual arrangements for seduction, but falls in love instead and tries to cancel them. She understands both his former and current motives, and admits she loves him too. Their happiness ends when Lydias brother Dimitri Dalies Frantz is killed after giving a seditious speech on the street by Cossacks led by Peter, whom Lydia recognizes. When she learns that her opera debut will be used as an opportunity to assassinate Peter and his father the general C. Aubrey Smith, she makes Peter promise not to come or let his father come to the performance, pretending she would be too nervous with them watching. The two men attend anyway. Fortunately, General Karagin receives a message that Germany has declared war on Russia and announces it to the crowd. Professor Makarov Lionel Atwill, Lydias father, decides not to shoot because the general will be needed to defend Mother Russia. However, Leo Proplinski Abner Biberman feels otherwise, grabs the pistol and shoots the general, though not fatally. Peter finally learns of Lydias political beliefs when she is arrested. Later, he has her released. Peter goes to fight as an officer in the trenches. When the Russian Revolution overthrows the old regime, he winds up in 1920s Paris employed by his former orderly as a cabaret entertainer at the new Balalaika. To celebrate the Russian Orthodox New Year, White Russians, wearing court dress and paste jewels, gather as Poppovs guests. When Poppov makes Peter stand before a mirror, candle in hand, to make the traditional New Years wish to see his true love, Lydia appears behind him.