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Widely claimed to be Joseph Stalin's favorite movie, this classic musical comedy is a must-see. The action takes place on a steamboat on the iconic Volga River, as two groups of performers travel to Moscow to perform in the Moscow Musical Olympiad.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
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At a glance
Running time
1 h 44 min
A typical length for comedies
typical 100104Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 139 countries
+129
Released
1938
April 24, 1938
88 years ago
Genres
ComedyMusicLanguage
Russian
Original language
Made in
Russia
15 people
Lyubov OrlovaStrelka Petrova
Igor IlyinskyByvalov
Vladimir VolodinThe Pilot
Pavel OlenevThe Water-Carter
Sergei AntimonovThe street sweeper
Andrei TutyshkinAlyosha Trubyshkin
Mariya MironovaThe Secretary (as M. V. Mironova)
Vsevolod SanayevThe Lumberjack (as V. V. Sanayev)
Nikita KondratyevThe Waiter (as N. S. Kondratyev)
Anatoli ShalayevThe Boy Musical Prodigy (as Tolya Shalayev)
Aleksey DolininThe Militia Man (as A. G. Dolinin)
Ivan ChuvelyovThe Olympiad Representative (as I. P. Chuvelyov)
Niki OttoThe Cooc
Vladimir UralskiyFerryboat passenger- DZDmitriy ZoltsPashka
Directing · 4
- Grigori Aleksandrov Director, Writer
- Konstantin Yudin First Assistant Director
- V. Kishmishev Second Assistant Director
- Bela Fridman Second Assistant Director
Writing · 4
- Nikolay Erdman Writer
- Mikhail Volpin Writer
- Vladimir Nilsen Co-Writer, Director of Photography
- Vasilii Lebedev-Kumach Lyricist
Production · 3
- V. Bryantsev Executive Producer
- Isaak Zayonts Executive Producer
- E. Soluyanov Administration
Camera · 5
- Boris Petrov Director of Photography
- V. Pereslavtsev Camera Operator
- Semyon Galadzh Assistant Camera
- Ivan Panov Assistant Camera
- G. Komissarov Assistant Camera
Editing · 1
- Yeva Ladyzhenskaya Editor
Sound · 3
- Isaak Dunayevsky Original Music Composer
- Raisa Lukina Sound
- Yevgeniy Nesterov Sound Director
Art · 2
- Georgi Grivtsov Production Design
- Mikhail Karyakin Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Konstantin Efimov Costume Design
- L. Porozov Makeup & Hair
Visual Effects · 1
- Andrey Boltyanskiy VFX Supervisor, VFX Director of Photography
Other crew · 1
- Galina Shakhovskaya Choreographer
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