Jolly Fellows
Jolly Fellows1934
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Jolly Fellows
1h 36m·Music, Comedy
Directed by Grigori Aleksandrov·1934
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6.4/10 avgAverage user ratingMerry Fellows was the first Soviet musical comedy. Set in Odessa and Moscow in the 1930s. Shepherd Kostya Potekhin is mistaken for an international concert star. He falls in love with Anyuta and plays the "star" for her. In a cascade of comic musical numbers he becomes the leader of a Jazz-Band and gives a hilarious show at the Odessa Music Hall. Now he is destined to perform at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
DirectorGrigori AleksandrovCinematographyVladimir Nilsen
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Leonid UtyosovKostya Potekhin | Kostya Potekhin |
 Lyubov OrlovaAnyuta, the housemaid | Anyuta, the housemaid |
 Mariya StrelkovaYelena, child of the Foreign Trade Union | Yelena, child of the Foreign Trade Union |
 Fyodor KurikhinMortician | Mortician |
 Emmanuil GellerMusic-hall audience member (uncredited) | Music-hall audience member (uncredited) |
 Yelena TyapkinaAnyuta's stepmother | Anyuta's stepmother |
 Niki OttoMusician, fight instigator | Musician, fight instigator |
 Arnold ArnoldFraschini, the conductor from Paraguay | Fraschini, the conductor from Paraguay |
| RRobert ErdmanGerman music teacher | German music teacher |