Leonid Utyosov
Leonid Osipovich Utyosov or Utesov (Russian: Леони́д О́сипович Утёсов); real name Lazar (Leyzer) Iosifovich Vaysbeyn or Weissbein (Russian: Ла́зарь (Ле́йзер) Ио́сифович Вайсбе́йн) (21 March [O.S. 9 March] 1895, Odessa – 9 March 1982, Moscow), was a famous Soviet jazz singer and comic actor of Jewish origin, who became the first pop singer to be awarded the prestigious title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1965.
Jolly Fellows
as Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin)Merry Fellows was the first Soviet musical comedy. Set in Odessa and Moscow in the 1930s....
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Variety Stars
as uncreditedLocal comic duo from the Ukraine reach for the "big time" by entering a talent contest for the...
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Memories of the "Cow March"
as (archive footage)Funny and entertaining story about the history of the film "Funny guys"by G. Alexandrov.
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Karyera Spirki Shpandyrya
as uncreditedThe career of Spirka Shpandyr, a master pickpocket!
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Concert for the Front
as SelfA musical film dedicated to the soldiers fighting at the front line.
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