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Moscow Laughs (1934)
Vesyolye rebyata (original title)

96 min  -  Comedy | Musical  -   24 March 1935 (USA)
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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... See full summary »

Director:

Grigori Aleksandrov

Writers:

Grigori Aleksandrov, Nikolay Erdman, and 1 more credit »

Stars:

Leonid Utyosov, Lyubov Orlova and Mariya Strelkova
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Cast

Credited cast:
Leonid Utyosov Leonid Utyosov ...
Kostya Potekhin
Lyubov Orlova Lyubov Orlova ...
Anyuta - the Housemaid
Mariya Strelkova Mariya Strelkova ...
Yelena - Child of the Foreign Trade Union
Yelena Tyapkina Yelena Tyapkina ...
Anyuta's Stepmother (as Ye. Tyapkina)
Fyodor Kurikhin Fyodor Kurikhin ...
Mortician (as F.N. Kurikhin)
A. Arnold A. Arnold ...
Conductor from Paraguay (as G. Arnold)
Robert Erdman Robert Erdman ...
German music teacher (as R. Yerdman)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marya Ivanovna Marya Ivanovna
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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. Written by Steve Shelokhonov  

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Camera Shot Of Feet | Foot Closeup | Female Stockinged Foot | Taking Off Shoes | Stockings

Genres:

Comedy | Musical

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Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

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Also Known As:

Весёлые ребята See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Grading Dimension Pictures, Moskinokombinat See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono  | Dolby Digital

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Color (HDCAM) | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Crazy Credits

The animated credits begin with the names and faces of Charles Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton, followed on the next title by the text "do not participate in this film". The letters are then mixed and reappear as "in this film participate", followed by the actual cast members. The credits also list "Marya Ivanovna" with a large question mark; the question mark turns into a cow, which then paints with her tail the title of the film (in the film, Marya Ivanovna happens to be the name of a lazy cow in the herd tended by the main character Kostya Potekhin). See more »

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