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Jolly Fellows( 1934)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Leonid Utyosov

      Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin)

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      Lyubov Orlova

      Анюта, домашняя работница (Anyuta - the Housemaid)

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      Mariya Strelkova

      Елена - дитя Торгсина |Yelena - Child of the Foreign Trade Union

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      Fyodor Kurikhin

      Факельщик (Mortician)

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      Emmanuil Geller

      Зритель, нет в титрах (Music-hall audience member (uncredited))

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      Yelena Tyapkina

      Мачеха Анюты (Anyuta's Stepmother)

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      Niki Otto

      Музыкант, зачинщик драки на репетиции

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      Arnold Arnold

      Дирижер из Парагвая (Fraschini - the conductor from Paraguay)

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      Robert Erdman

      Учитель музыки (German music teacher)

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    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • mistaken identity
    • love