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.

Genre: Music, Comedy

Director: Grigoriy Aleksandrov

Actors: Leonid Utyosov, Lyubov Orlova, Mariya Strelkova, Elena Tyapkina, Fyodor Kurikhin, Arnold Arnold, Robert Erdman, Marya Ivanovna, Emmanuil Geller

Release date: 1934-12-09

Country of origin: SU

Length: 1h 36m

Ratings:

• 6.9/10