Jolly Fellows

Name: Jolly Fellows
Genre: Comedy, Music
Released: 1934-12-09
Duration: 96 min
Cast: Yelena Tyapkina, Emmanuil Geller, Arnold Arnold, Robert Erdman, Leonid Utyosov

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Release Date

12/9/1934

Runtime

96 mins

Genres

Comedy Music

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

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A fizzy, ebullient musical romp where a humble shepherd stumbles into stardom through a case of mistaken identity. The film practically bounces along, punctuated by elaborate musical numbers and spiraling comic chaos.