Весёлые ребята (1934)
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.
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Leonid Utyosov
as Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin)
as Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin)
Lyubov Orlova
as Анюта, домашняя работница (Anyuta - the Housemaid)
as Анюта, домашняя работница (Anyuta - the Housemaid)
Mariya Strelkova
as Елена - дитя Торгсина |Yelena - Child of the Foreign Trade Union
as Елена - дитя Торгсина |Yelena - Child of the Foreign Trade Union
Fyodor Kurikhin
as Факельщик (Mortician)
as Факельщик (Mortician)
Emmanuil Geller
as Зритель, нет в титрах (Music-hall audience member (uncredited))
as Зритель, нет в титрах (Music-hall audience member (uncredited))
Yelena Tyapkina
as Мачеха Анюты (Anyuta's Stepmother)
as Мачеха Анюты (Anyuta's Stepmother)
Niki Otto
as Музыкант, зачинщик драки на репетиции
as Музыкант, зачинщик драки на репетиции
Arnold Arnold
as Дирижер из Парагвая (Fraschini - the conductor from Paraguay)
as Дирижер из Парагвая (Fraschini - the conductor from Paraguay)
Robert Erdman
as Учитель музыки (German music teacher)
as Учитель музыки (German music teacher)
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Grigori Aleksandrov
Director
Director
Vladimir Mass
Writer
Writer
Grigori Aleksandrov
Writer
Writer
Nikolay Erdman
Writer
Writer
Vladimir Nilsen
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Esfir Tobak
Editor
Editor
Isaak Dunayevsky
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Leonid Voskalchuk
Sound Recordist
Sound Recordist
Vera Nikolskaya
Supervising Editor
Supervising Editor
Isaak Markovich
Production Manager
Production Manager
Arseniy Lapisov
Music Editor
Music Editor
Aleksandr Gurevich
Production Manager
Production Manager
Igor Lopatonok
Producer
Producer
Yevgeni Kashkevich
Sound Recordist
Sound Recordist
Nikolai Timartsev
Sound Engineer
Sound Engineer
Vadim Lyudvikovskiy
Conductor
Conductor
Aleksei Utkin
Production Design
Production Design
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