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Jolly Fellows

19341h 36mGrigori Aleksandrov

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Merry Fellows was the first Soviet musical comedy. Set in Odessa and Moscow in the 1930s. Shepherd Kostya Potekhin is mistaken for an international concert star. He falls in love with Anyuta 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.

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What is Jolly Fellows (1934) about?

Merry Fellows was the first Soviet musical comedy. Set in Odessa and Moscow in the 1930s. Shepherd Kostya Potekhin is mistaken for an international concert star. He falls in love with Anyuta 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…

Who stars in Jolly Fellows?

Jolly Fellows stars Leonid Utyosov (Kostya Potekhin), Lyubov Orlova (Anyuta, the housemaid), Mariya Strelkova (Yelena, child of the Foreign Trade Union), Fyodor Kurikhin (Mortician), Emmanuil Geller (Music-hall audience member (uncredited)). The film was directed by Grigori Aleksandrov.

How long is Jolly Fellows?

Jolly Fellows has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 1934.

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