Moscow Laughs (1934)
Vesyolye rebyata (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 36min
- Comedy, Musical
- 24 Mar 1935 (USA)
- Movie
A musically talented shepherd gets his big chance when he is mistaken for a famous conductor.
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- 1 nomination.
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Cast
| Leonid Utyosov | ... |
Kostya Potekhin
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| Lyubov Orlova | ... |
Anyuta - the Housemaid
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| Mariya Strelkova | ... |
Yelena - Child of the Foreign Trade Union
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| Elena Tyapkina | ... |
Yelena's mother
(as Ye. Tyapkina)
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| Fyodor Kurikhin | ... |
Mortician
(as F.N. Kurikhin)
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Arnold Arnold | ... |
Fraschini - the conductor from Paraguay
(as G. Arnold)
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| Robert Erdman | ... |
German music teacher
(as R. Yerdman)
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Marya Ivanovna |
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| Emmanuil Geller | ... |
Music-hall audience member (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Grigoriy Aleksandrov | ... | (as G. V. Aleksandrov) |
Written by
| Grigoriy Aleksandrov | ... | () (as G. V. Aleksandrov) |
| Nikolay Erdman | ... | () (as N. R. Erdman) |
| Vladimir Mass | ... | () (as V. Z. Mass) |
Music by
| Isaak Dunaevskiy | ... | (as I. O. Dunayevsky) |
Cinematography by
| Vladimir Nilsen | ... | (as V. S. Nilsen) |
Editing by
| Esfir Tobak | ... | (as E.V. Tobak) |
Editorial Department
| Vera Nikolskaya | ... | supervising editor (as V. Nikolskaya) |
Art Direction by
| Aleksei Utkin | ... | (as A.A. Utkin) |
Production Management
| Aleksandr Gurevich | ... | production manager (as A. Gurevich) |
| Isaak Zaionts | ... | production manager (as I. Zaionts) |
Art Department
| Iosif Gerasimovich | ... | poster artist |
| Leonid Voronov | ... | poster artist (as Voronov) |
Sound Department
| Evgeniy Kashkevich | ... | sound recordist |
| Nikolai Timartsev | ... | sound engineer (as N. A. Timartsev) |
| Leonid Voskalchuk | ... | sound recordist (as L. Voskalchuk) |
Music Department
| Arseniy Lapisov | ... | music editor (as A. Lapisov) |
| Vadim Lyudvikovskiy | ... | conductor / musical director |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Eduard Weil & Company (1935) (Austria) (theatrical)
- Amkino Corporation (1935) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Sanei-sha (1935) (Japan) (theatrical)
- POLart Distribution (1996) (United States) (video) (restored version) (new subtitles)
- Grading Dimension Pictures (2010) (World-wide)
- Kinonation (2015) (World-wide) (video)
- Croatia Film (Yugoslavia) (theatrical)
- Facets Multimedia Distribution
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Post Haste Digital (post-production sound services) (restoration / remastering)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
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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Did You Know?
| Movie Connections | Featured in Komediya davno minuvshikh dney (1980). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Marsh vesyolykh rebyat See more » |
| 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 » |