Jolly Fellows 1934
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Jolly Fellows
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.
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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... Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin)
... Анюта, домашняя работница (Anyuta - the Housemaid)
... Елена - дитя Торгсина |Yelena - Child of the Foreign Trade Union
... Факельщик (Mortician)
... Зритель, нет в титрах (Music-hall audience member (uncredited))
... Мачеха Анюты (Anyuta's Stepmother)
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Release Date:
Dec 09, 1934
Run Time:
1hr 36`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
Russian
Status:
Released
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... Director
Cast
... Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin)
... Анюта, домашняя работница (Anyuta - the Housemaid)
... Елена - дитя Торгсина |Yelena - Child of the Foreign Trade Union
... Факельщик (Mortician)
... Зритель, нет в титрах (Music-hall audience member (uncredited))
... Мачеха Анюты (Anyuta's Stepmother)
... Музыкант, зачинщик драки на репетиции
... Дирижер из Парагвая (Fraschini - the conductor from Paraguay)
... Учитель музыки (German music teacher)
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... Production Manager
... Production Manager
... Producer
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