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.

Directing:
  • Grigori Aleksandrov

Writing:
  • Nikolay Erdman
  • Grigori Aleksandrov
  • Vladimir Mass

Stars:
Release Date: 1934-12-09
themoviedb icon 6.4/10
  • Country: SU
  • Language: Pусский
  • Runtime: 96

Watch on

netflix hulu amazon vudu
Emmanuil Geller
Emmanuil Gell...
Зритель, нет в титрах (Music-hall audience member (uncredited))
Leonid Utyosov
Leonid Utyoso...
Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin)
Lyubov Orlova
Lyubov Orlova
Анюта, домашняя работница (Anyuta - the Housemaid)
Mariya Strelkova
Mariya Strelk...
Елена - дитя Торгсина |Yelena - Child of the Foreign Trade Union
Yelena Tyapkina
Yelena Tyapki...
Мачеха Анюты (Anyuta's Stepmother)
Fyodor Kurikhin
Fyodor Kurikh...
Факельщик (Mortician)
Niki Otto
Niki Otto
Музыкант, зачинщик драки на репетиции
Arnold Arnold
Arnold Arnold
Дирижер из Парагвая (Fraschini - the conductor from Paraguay)
Robert Erdman
Robert Erdman
Учитель музыки (German music teacher)
Write one

Sorry, no results found.

Show me another film
Random Artist
Protect yourself from online tracking

Are you sure you want to hide this?