Jolly Fellows (1934) — comedy, music film. Directed by Grigori Aleksandrov. Starring Leonid Utyosov, Lyubov Orlova, Mariya Strelkova, Fyodor Kurikhin.
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A shepherd's mistaken identity sparks a journey through urban musical struggles, band formation, and eventual romantic and professional triumph.
Comedy, Music · 6.4/10 · 96 min · 1934
Merry Fellows was the first Soviet musical comedy. Set in Odessa and Moscow in the 1930s. Shepherd Kostya Potekhin is mistaken for an international concert star. He falls in love with Anyuta 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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