Movie Description
Весёлые ребята
(1934)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.
Featured Crew
Cast
Kostya Potekhin
Anyuta, the housemaid
Yelena, child of the Foreign Trade Union
Mortician
Music-hall audience member (uncredited)
Anyuta's stepmother
Musician, fight instigator
Fraschini, the conductor from Paraguay
German music teacher
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Facts
Original TitleВесёлые ребята
Status Released
Release Information
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1934-12-09
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 36m
Genres
- Music
- Comedy
