Jolly Fellows (1934)

Jolly Fellows (1934)

1934-12-09 Soviet Union 96 Min. PG-13
6.4 17 votes

Overview

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.

Cast

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

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