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.
Released: Dec 09, 1934
Runtime: 96 minutes
Stars: Leonid Utyosov, Lyubov Orlova, Mariya Strelkova, Fyodor Kurikhin, Emmanuil Geller, Yelena Tyapkina
Crew: Grigori Aleksandrov (Director), Vladimir Mass (Writer), Nikolay Erdman (Writer), Grigori Aleksandrov (Writer), Isaak Dunayevsky (Original Music Composer), Vladimir Nilsen (Director of Photography)
