Jolly Fellows (1934-12-09)
Overview
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.
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Status: Released
Release Date: 1934-12-09
Runtime: 1h 36m
Director: Grigori Aleksandrov
Writer: Grigori Aleksandrov, Vladimir Mass, Nikolay Erdman