Jolly Fellows
1934·Movie
·1h 36min·
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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.
Soviet Musical ComedyJazz-AgeSlapstickFeel-GoodMusical NumbersHistorical SettingOdessaMoscowRomanceMistaken Identity
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Directed by:
Grigori Aleksandrov
Written by:
Grigori Aleksandrov, Nikolay Erdman, Vladimir Mass
Produced by:
Isaak Zayonts
Composed by:
Yevgeni Kashkevich, Isaak Dunayevsky, Nikolai Timartsev
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