

25 votes
1938
1h 44m
Widely claimed to be Joseph Stalin's favorite movie, this classic musical comedy is a must-see. The action takes place on a steamboat on the iconic Volga River, as two groups of performers travel to Moscow to perform in the Moscow Musical Olympiad.
Directed by Grigori Aleksandrov

Lyubov Orlova
Strelka Petrova
Igor Ilyinsky
Byvalov
Vladimir Volodin
The Pilot
Pavel Olenev
The Water-Carter
Sergei Antimonov
The street sweeper
Andrei Tutyshkin
Alyosha Trubyshkin
Mariya Mironova
The Secretary (as M. V. Mironova)
Vsevolod Sanayev
The Lumberjack (as V. V. Sanayev)
Nikita Kondratyev
The Waiter (as N. S. Kondratyev)
Anatoli Shalayev
The Boy Musical Prodigy (as Tolya Shalayev)
Aleksey Dolinin
The Militia Man (as A. G. Dolinin)
Ivan Chuvelyov
The Olympiad Representative (as I. P. Chuvelyov)
Emmanuil Geller

Niki Otto
The Cooc
Vladimir Uralskiy
Ferryboat passengerDmitriy Zolts
PashkaBoris Keropyan
Status
Released
Release date
April 24, 1938
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
Russian