Jolly Fellows

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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.

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Leonid Utyosov - Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin) in Jolly Fellows

Leonid Utyosov

Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin)

Lyubov Orlova - Анюта, домашняя работница (Anyuta - the Housemaid) in Jolly Fellows

Lyubov Orlova

Анюта, домашняя работница (Anyuta - the Housemaid)

Mariya Strelkova - Елена - дитя Торгсина |Yelena - Child of the Foreign Trade Union in Jolly Fellows

Mariya Strelkova

Елена - дитя Торгсина |Yelena - Child of the Foreign Trade Union

Fyodor Kurikhin - Факельщик (Mortician) in Jolly Fellows

Fyodor Kurikhin

Факельщик (Mortician)

Emmanuil Geller - Зритель, нет в титрах (Music-hall audience member (uncredited)) in Jolly Fellows

Emmanuil Geller

Зритель, нет в титрах (Music-hall audience member (uncredited))

Yelena Tyapkina - Мачеха Анюты (Anyuta's Stepmother) in Jolly Fellows

Yelena Tyapkina

Мачеха Анюты (Anyuta's Stepmother)

Niki Otto - Музыкант, зачинщик драки на репетиции in Jolly Fellows

Niki Otto

Музыкант, зачинщик драки на репетиции

Arnold Arnold - Дирижер из Парагвая (Fraschini - the conductor from Paraguay) in Jolly Fellows

Arnold Arnold

Дирижер из Парагвая (Fraschini - the conductor from Paraguay)

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Release Date

December 9, 1934

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

Comedy, Music

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