Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin)
Leonid Utyosov
Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin)
Overview
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.
Cast
Анюта, домашняя работница (Anyuta - the Housemaid)
Lyubov Orlova
Анюта, домашняя работница (Anyuta - the Housemaid)
Елена - дитя Торгсина |Yelena - Child of the Foreign Trade Union
Mariya Strelkova
Елена - дитя Торгсина |Yelena - Child of the Foreign Trade Union
Факельщик (Mortician)
Fyodor Kurikhin
Факельщик (Mortician)
Зритель, нет в титрах (Music-hall audience member (uncredited))
Emmanuil Geller
Зритель, нет в титрах (Music-hall audience member (uncredited))
Мачеха Анюты (Anyuta's Stepmother)
Yelena Tyapkina
Мачеха Анюты (Anyuta's Stepmother)
Музыкант, зачинщик драки на репетиции
Niki Otto
Музыкант, зачинщик драки на репетиции
Дирижер из Парагвая (Fraschini - the conductor from Paraguay)
Arnold Arnold
Дирижер из Парагвая (Fraschini - the conductor from Paraguay)
Учитель музыки (German music teacher)
Robert Erdman
Учитель музыки (German music teacher)
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