Lyubov Orlova

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.

Classic Soviet propaganda movie. American circus performer finds herself the victim of German inspired racism after it's revealed she's the mother of an mixed-race child. In the midst of the public scandal, she finds happiness, love & refuge in the USSR.

Jolly Fellows was the first musical made in the USSRan anarchic, cavorting comedy in the Marx Brothers mode. Lead actress Lyubov Orlova was the preeminent star of Stalin-era musicalsmostly directed by Eisenstein associate Grigori Aleksandrov.