Movie, 1938
Volga - Volga
IMDb 6.9, 104 min, Comedy, Music, Soviet Union
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.
Cast
17 credited
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)
Details
DirectorGrigori Aleksandrov
WritersGrigori Aleksandrov, Mikhail Volpin, Nikolay Erdman, Vasilii Lebedev-Kumach, Vladimir Nilsen
GenreComedy, Music
Runtime104 min
ReleasedSun, Apr 24, 1938
CountrySoviet Union
IMDBtt0030947
