Volga Volga (1938) movie

VolgaVolga (Russian: ВолгаВолга) is a Soviet film comedy directed by Grigori Aleksandrov, released on April 24, 1938. It centres on a group of amateur performers on their way to Moscow to perform in a talent contest called the Moscow Musical Olympiad. Most of the action takes place on a steamboat travelling on the Volga River. The lead roles were played by Alexandrov s wife, Lyubov Orlova, and Igor Ilyinsky. According to Orlova, the name of the film is taken from a popular Russian folk song, Stenka Razin, that Alexandrov sang while rowing with Charlie Chaplin in San Francisco Bay. Chaplin jokingly suggested the words as a title for a movie, but Alexandrov took it seriously and named his new film VolgaVolga. The feature was said to be Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin s favourite film. Nikita Khrushchev in his memoirs says that in the prewar period Stalin laughed at him since he resembled a character from the film. Volga Volga (1938) movie Genre: Comedy Production Co. : Mosfilm Directed by Grigori Aleksan