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Jolly Fellows (1934)

Genre : Music, Comedy

Runtime : 1H 36M

Director : Grigori Aleksandrov

Synopsis

Merry Fellows was the first Soviet musical comedy. Set in Odessa and Moscow in the 1930s. Shepherd Kostya Potekhin (Utyosov) is mistaken for an international concert star. He falls in love with Anyuta (Orlova) 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.

Actors

Leonid Utyosov
Leonid Utyosov
Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin)
Lyubov Orlova
Lyubov Orlova
Анюта, домашняя работница (Anyuta - the Housemaid)
Mariya Strelkova
Mariya Strelkova
Елена - дитя Торгсина |Yelena - Child of the Foreign Trade Union
Fyodor Kurikhin
Fyodor Kurikhin
Факельщик (Mortician)
Emmanuil Geller
Emmanuil Geller
Зритель, нет в титрах (Music-hall audience member (uncredited))
Yelena Tyapkina
Yelena Tyapkina
Мачеха Анюты (Anyuta's Stepmother)
Niki Otto
Niki Otto
Музыкант, зачинщик драки на репетиции
Arnold Arnold
Arnold Arnold
Дирижер из Парагвая (Fraschini - the conductor from Paraguay)
Robert Erdman
Robert Erdman
Учитель музыки (German music teacher)

Crews

Grigori Aleksandrov
Grigori Aleksandrov
Director
Vladimir Mass
Vladimir Mass
Writer
Nikolay Erdman
Nikolay Erdman
Writer
Grigori Aleksandrov
Grigori Aleksandrov
Writer
Isaak Dunayevsky
Isaak Dunayevsky
Original Music Composer
Vladimir Nilsen
Vladimir Nilsen
Director of Photography
Esfir Tobak
Esfir Tobak
Editor
Aleksei Utkin
Aleksei Utkin
Art Direction
Igor Lopatonok
Igor Lopatonok
Producer
Leonid Voskalchuk
Leonid Voskalchuk
Sound Recordist
Yevgeni Kashkevich
Yevgeni Kashkevich
Sound Recordist
Nikolai Timartsev
Nikolai Timartsev
Sound Engineer
Vera Nikolskaya
Vera Nikolskaya
Supervising Editor
Aleksandr Gurevich
Aleksandr Gurevich
Production Manager
Isaak Markovich
Isaak Markovich
Production Manager
Arseniy Lapisov
Arseniy Lapisov
Music Editor
Vadim Lyudvikovskiy
Vadim Lyudvikovskiy
Conductor

Posters and backgrounds

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