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Content: 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.

Countries:

Soviet Union

Genres:

Music,

Comedy

Runtime:

96 minutes

Year:

1934

Directors:

Grigori Aleksandrov

Actors:

Kostya Potekhin

Anyuta, the housemaid

Yelena, child of the Foreign Trade Union

Mortician

Music-hall audience member (uncredited)

Crews:

Director

Writer

Writer

Writer

Director of Photography