Synopsis:
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.
Directed by: | Grigori Aleksandrov |
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Written by: | Grigori Aleksandrov & Nikolay Erdman & Vladimir Mass |
Runtime: | 96 minutes |
Cast:
Leonid Utyosov
Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin)
Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin)
Lyubov Orlova
Анюта, домашняя работница (Anyuta - the Housemaid)
Анюта, домашняя работница (Anyuta - the Housemaid)
Mariya Strelkova
Елена - дитя Торгсина |Yelena - Child of the Foreign Trade Union
Елена - дитя Торгсина |Yelena - Child of the Foreign Trade Union
Fyodor Kurikhin
Факельщик (Mortician)
Факельщик (Mortician)
Emmanuil Geller
Зритель, нет в титрах (Music-hall audience member (uncredited))
Зритель, нет в титрах (Music-hall audience member (uncredited))
Yelena Tyapkina
Мачеха Анюты (Anyuta's Stepmother)
Мачеха Анюты (Anyuta's Stepmother)
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Also known as:
- Die ganze Welt lacht
- Hela världen skrattar
- Hele Verden ler
- I komodia tis zois
- Iloiset pojat
- Les joyeux garçons
- Lustige Burschen
- Merry Fellows
- Moscow Laughs
- Os Alegres Foliões
- Os Rapazes Felizes
- Ragazzi allegri
- Swiat sie smieje
- The World Is Laughing
- Toata lumea rade, canta si danseaza
- Tutto il mondo ride
- Vidám fickó
- Весёлые ребята