mistaken identity,love

Jolly Fellows (1934)

Poster for Jolly Fellows

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Grigori Aleksandrov
  • Profile picture of Leonid Utyosov
    Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin) Leonid Utyosov
  • Profile picture of Lyubov Orlova
    Анюта, домашняя работница (Anyuta - the Housemaid) Lyubov Orlova
  • Profile picture of Mariya Strelkova
    Елена - дитя Торгсина |Yelena - Child of the Foreign Trade Union Mariya Strelkova
  • Profile picture of Fyodor Kurikhin
    Факельщик (Mortician) Fyodor Kurikhin
  • Profile picture of Emmanuil Geller
    Зритель, нет в титрах (Music-hall audience member (uncredited)) Emmanuil Geller
  • Profile picture of Yelena Tyapkina
    Мачеха Анюты (Anyuta's Stepmother) Yelena Tyapkina
  • Profile picture of Niki Otto
    Музыкант, зачинщик драки на репетиции Niki Otto
  • Profile picture of Arnold Arnold
    Дирижер из Парагвая (Fraschini - the conductor from Paraguay) Arnold Arnold

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Keywords

  • mistaken identity
  • love