Music ·Comedy · Soviet Union · 1934 · 1h 36m

Jolly Fellows

Весёлые ребята

Jolly Fellows poster
Director
Grigori Aleksandrov
Cast
Leonid Utyosov as Kostya Potekhin Lyubov Orlova as Anyuta, the housemaid Mariya Strelkova as Yelena, child of the Foreign Trade Union Fyodor Kurikhin as Mortician Emmanuil Geller as Music-hall audience member (uncredited) Yelena Tyapkina as Anyuta's stepmother
Crew
Vladimir Nilsen — Director of Photography Esfir Tobak — Editor Isaak Dunayevsky — Original Music Composer Vladimir Mass — Writer Grigori Aleksandrov — Writer Nikolay Erdman — Writer
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
Grigori Aleksandrov Director Vladimir Nilsen Director of Photography Esfir Tobak Editor Isaak Dunayevsky Original Music Composer Vladimir Mass Writer Grigori Aleksandrov Writer Nikolay Erdman Writer Aleksei Utkin Production Design
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