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6.4/10 • 18

1934-12-09 • 1h 36m

MusicComedy

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.

Directors
Grigori Aleksandrov
Writters
Vladimir Mass, Nikolay Erdman, Grigori Aleksandrov
Editors
Vladimir Mass, Nikolay Erdman, Grigori Aleksandrov, Esfir Tobak

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  1. Leonid Utyosov

    Leonid Utyosov

    Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin)

  2. Lyubov Orlova

    Lyubov Orlova

    Анюта, домашняя работница (Anyuta - the Housemaid)

  3. Mariya Strelkova

    Mariya Strelkova

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

  4. Fyodor Kurikhin

    Fyodor Kurikhin

    Факельщик (Mortician)

  5. Emmanuil Geller

    Emmanuil Geller

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

  6. Yelena Tyapkina

    Yelena Tyapkina

    Мачеха Анюты (Anyuta's Stepmother)

  7. Niki Otto

    Niki Otto

    Музыкант, зачинщик драки на репетиции

  8. Arnold Arnold

    Arnold Arnold

    Дирижер из Парагвая (Fraschini - the conductor from Paraguay)

  9. Robert Erdman

    Robert Erdman

    Учитель музыки (German music teacher)

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Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
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