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.
| Actor | Age then | Age now | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 39 | March 9, 1982 (86) | |
 | 32 | January 26, 1975 (72) | |
 | Mariya Strelkova Елена - дитя Торгсина |Yelena - Child of the Foreign Trade Union Birthday: January 1, 1908 | 26 | January 1, 1962 (54) |
 | 53 | January 19, 1951 (70) | |
 | 34 | November 9, 1984 (84) | |
 | 22 | March 23, 2012 (99) | |
 | Arnold Arnold Дирижер из Парагвая (Fraschini - the conductor from Paraguay) Birthday: September 13, 1897 | 37 | June 19, 1969 (71) |
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