Jolly Fellows
1934 • Music | Comedy
6.4 (22)
Grigori Aleksandrov
Director
Grigori Aleksandrov
Writer
Vladimir Mass
Writer
Nikolay Erdman
Writer
Status
Released
Release date
December 9, 1934
Duration
96 Min
Language
ru
Popularity
0.4411
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Overview
Merry Fellows was the first Soviet musical comedy. Set in Odessa and Moscow in the 1930s. Shepherd Kostya Potekhin is mistaken for an international concert star. He falls in love with Anyuta 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.
