Merry Fellows was the first Soviet musical comedy. Set in Odessa and Moscow in the 1930โs. Shepherd Kostya Potekhin (Utyosov) is mistaken for an international concert star. He falls in love with Anyuta (Orlova) and plays the โstarโ 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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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.2/10 | |
Released: | March 24, 1935 | |
Runtime: | 96 min | |
Genres: | Comedy Musical | |
Companies: | Amkino Corporation Moscow kinokombinat | |
Cast: | Lyubov Orlova Yelena Tyapkina Mariya Strelkova Leonid Utyosov | |
Crew: | Grigoriy Aleksandrov Nikolay Erdman Vladimir Mass | |
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