Storyline
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.
Key Information
Cast & Crew
Leonid Utyosov
Kostya Potekhin
Lyubov Orlova
Anyuta, the housemaid
Mariya Strelkova
Yelena, child of the Foreign Trade Union
Fyodor Kurikhin
Mortician
Emmanuil Geller
Music-hall audience member (uncredited)
Yelena Tyapkina
Anyuta's stepmother
Niki Otto
Musician, fight instigator
Arnold Arnold
Fraschini, the conductor from Paraguay
Robert Erdman
German music teacher
Frequently Asked Questions
Jolly Fellows was released on December 9, 1934.
The runtime of Jolly Fellows is 1h 36m.
Jolly Fellows is a Music, Comedy movie.
Jolly Fellows has a rating of 6.4 out of 10 on TMDB.
Jolly Fellows is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.
Jolly Fellows was directed by Grigori Aleksandrov.
The main cast of Jolly Fellows includes Leonid Utyosov, Lyubov Orlova, Mariya Strelkova.
Jolly Fellows is originally in RU.