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Jolly Fellows

1934

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 & Crew

LULU
Leonid Utyosov

as Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin)

LOLO
Lyubov Orlova

as Анюта, домашняя работница (Anyuta - the Housemaid)

MSMS
Mariya Strelkova

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

FKFK
Fyodor Kurikhin

as Факельщик (Mortician)

EGEG
Emmanuil Geller

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

YTYT
Yelena Tyapkina

as Мачеха Анюты (Anyuta's Stepmother)

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