Jolly Fellows
1934, Russian. Directed by Grigori Aleksandrov.
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 Odesa Music Hall. Now he is destined to perform at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Grigori AleksandrovDirector
- Leonid UtyosovKostya Potekhin
- Lyubov OrlovaAnyuta, the housemaid
- Mariya StrelkovaYelena, child of the Foreign Trade Union
- Fyodor KurikhinMortician
- Emmanuil GellerMusic-hall audience member (uncredited)
- Yelena TyapkinaAnyuta's stepmother
- Niki OttoMusician, fight instigator
- Arnold ArnoldFraschini, the conductor from Paraguay
- Robert ErdmanGerman music teacher
Details
- Released
- 9 December 1934
- Original title
- Весёлые ребята
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Vladimir Mass, Grigori Aleksandrov, Nikolay Erdman
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Jolly Fellows runs 96 minutes (1h 36m).
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Jolly Fellows isn’t on a subscription OTT platform in India, but you can watch it free online. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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If you liked Jolly Fellows, try Bo Burnham: Make Happy, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, A Mighty Wind.
Who directed Jolly Fellows?
Jolly Fellows (1934) was directed by Grigori Aleksandrov and stars Leonid Utyosov, Lyubov Orlova, Mariya Strelkova.