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Jolly Fellows (1934)

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.

  • Music
  • Comedy

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Leonid UtyosovLeonid UtyosovКостя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin)
  • Photo of Lyubov OrlovaLyubov OrlovaАнюта, домашняя работница (Anyuta - the Housemaid)
  • Photo of Mariya StrelkovaMariya StrelkovaЕлена - дитя Торгсина |Yelena - Child of the Foreign Trade Union
  • Photo of Fyodor KurikhinFyodor KurikhinФакельщик (Mortician)
  • Photo of Emmanuil GellerEmmanuil GellerЗритель, нет в титрах (Music-hall audience member (uncredited))
  • Photo of Yelena TyapkinaYelena TyapkinaМачеха Анюты (Anyuta's Stepmother)
  • Photo of Niki OttoNiki OttoМузыкант, зачинщик драки на репетиции
  • Photo of Arnold ArnoldArnold ArnoldДирижер из Парагвая (Fraschini - the conductor from Paraguay)
  • Photo of Robert ErdmanRobert ErdmanУчитель музыки (German music teacher)

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