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Jolly Fellows
Jolly Fellows

Jolly Fellows

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MusicComedy

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

96 mins

Rating

6.2/10

Release Date

09 December 1934

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

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)

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