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.
Stars: Leonid Utyosov, Lyubov Orlova, Mariya Strelkova, Fyodor Kurikhin, Emmanuil Geller, Yelena Tyapkina
Crew: Grigori Aleksandrov (Director), Grigori Aleksandrov (Writer), Vladimir Mass (Writer), Nikolay Erdman (Writer), Esfir Tobak (Editor), Vladimir Nilsen (Director of Photography)
Country: Soviet Union
Language: Pусский
Studio: Moscow kinokombinat
Runtime: 96 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Dec 09, 1934
IMDb: 4.6
Keywords:mistaken identity, love
