Merry Fellows was the first Soviet musical comedy. Set in Odessa and Moscow in the 1930's. 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.
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Jolly Fellows Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Lyubov Orlova
She was 32, 72 years old when she died
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as Anyuta - the Housemaid |
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Emmanuil Geller
He was 36, 91 years old when he died
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as Music-hall audience member (uncredited) |
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Yelena Tyapkina
She was 34, 84 years old when she died
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as Anyuta's Stepmother (as Ye. Tyapkina) |
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Mariya Strelkova
She was 26, 53 years old when she died
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as Yelena - Child of the Foreign Trade Union |
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Leonid Utyosov
He was 39, 86 years old when he died
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as Kostya Potekhin |
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Fyodor Kurikhin
He was 52, 68 years old when he died
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as Mortician (as F.N. Kurikhin) |
Jolly Fellows Crew
