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MASTER SCORE 67.5 / 100
1934·Comedy / Musical / Music·1h 36m

MOSCOW LAUGHS

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.

Above the Line
Grigoriy Aleksandrov·DirectorVladimir Mass·WriterGrigori Aleksandrov·WriterVladimir Nilsen·Director of PhotographyIsaak Dunayevsky·Original Music ComposerEsfir Tobak·Editor
Cast
Leonid Utyosov·Kostya PotekhinLyubov Orlova·Anyuta, the housemaidMariya Strelkova·Yelena, child of the Foreign Trade UnionFyodor Kurikhin·MorticianEmmanuil Geller·Music-hall audience member (uncredited)Yelena Tyapkina·Anyuta's stepmotherNiki Otto·Musician, fight instigatorArnold Arnold·Fraschini, the conductor from ParaguayRobert Erdman·German music teacher
Full Crew
(12 credits)
Directing· 1
Grigori Aleksandrov·Director
Writing· 4
Vladimir Mass·WriterGrigori Aleksandrov·WriterNikolay Erdman·WriterVasilii Lebedev-Kumach·Lyricist
Camera· 1
Vladimir Nilsen·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Esfir Tobak·Editor
Sound & Music· 3
Isaak Dunayevsky·Original Music ComposerVadim Lyudvikovskiy·ConductorNikolai Timartsev·Sound Recordist
Art & Design· 1
Aleksei Utkin·Production Design
Production· 1
Isaak Zayonts·Executive Producer
By the Numbers
67.5
OF 100
Master Score
6.8
OF 10
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