Volga - Volga

Overview

Cast & Crew

Production House

The Plot

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.

Run Time

1h 44m

Genre

Comedy, Music

Release Date

24 Apr 1938

Country

Soviet Union

Language

Russian

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Director & Producers

Grigori Aleksandrov
Director

Top Billed Cast

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)

Technical Team

Grigori Aleksandrov
Writer

Mikhail Volpin
Writer

Nikolay Erdman
Writer Yeva Ladyzhenskaya
Editor

Isaak Dunayevsky
Original Music Composer

Vladimir Nilsen
Director of Photography Boris Petrov
Director of Photography

Vasilii Lebedev-Kumach
Lyricist Yevgeni Nesterov
Sound Director V. Pereslavtsev
Camera Operator

Raisa Lukina
Sound Semyon Galadzh
Assistant Camera

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