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Jolly Fellows

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Comedy

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.

Date: 12/09/1934
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Leonid Utyosov, Lyubov Orlova, Mariya Strelkova, Fyodor Kurikhin, Emmanuil Geller, Yelena Tyapkina, Niki Otto, Arnold Arnold, Robert Erdman

Leonid Utyosov as Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin) in Jolly Fellows Leonid Utyosov

Lyubov Orlova as Анюта, домашняя работница (Anyuta - the Housemaid) in Jolly Fellows Lyubov Orlova

Mariya Strelkova as Елена - дитя Торгсина |Yelena - Child of the Foreign Trade Union in Jolly Fellows Mariya Strelkova

Fyodor Kurikhin as Факельщик (Mortician) in Jolly Fellows Fyodor Kurikhin

Emmanuil Geller as Зритель, нет в титрах (Music-hall audience member (uncredited)) in Jolly Fellows Emmanuil Geller

Yelena Tyapkina as Мачеха Анюты (Anyuta's Stepmother) in Jolly Fellows Yelena Tyapkina

Niki Otto as Музыкант, зачинщик драки на репетиции in Jolly Fellows Niki Otto

Arnold Arnold as Дирижер из Парагвая (Fraschini - the conductor from Paraguay) in Jolly Fellows Arnold Arnold

Robert Erdman as Учитель музыки (German music teacher) in Jolly Fellows Robert Erdman