Jolly Fellows

Grigori Aleksandrov
1934-12-09


6.4
96 min

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.

Cast

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