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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.
17 Cast Members
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 passenger
Dmitriy Zolts
Pashka
Boris Keropyan
