We Are from Jazz

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We Are From Jazz
Directed by Karen Shahnazarov
Written by Aleksandr Borodyansky
Karen Shahnazarov
Starring Igor Sklyar
Alexander Pankratov-Cherniy
Distributed by Mosfilm
Release date(s) 1983
Running time 89 min
Country Flag of the Soviet Union USSR
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We Are From Jazz (Russian: Мы из джаза, transliteration: My iz dzhaza) is a Soviet comedy musical film by Karen Shahnazarov.

[edit] Plot

A student is expelled from music school because he loves jazz, and jazz at that time (film represents 1920s) is a kind of music that represents USA capitalism. He hires two street musicians to form a band, and goes from one city to another trying to gain fame.

[edit] Cast

  • Igor Sklyar as Konstantin
  • Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyorny as Stefan
  • Nikolai Averyushkin as Georgi
  • Pyotr Shcherbakov as Ivan
  • Yelena Tsyplakova as Katie
  • Evgeni Evstigneev as Papa
  • Leonid Kuravlyov
  • Borislav Brondukov as Captain Kopeikin
  • Larisa Dolina as Clementine Fernandez
  • Yuri Vasilyev
  • Nikolai Kochegarov
  • Pyotr Merkuryev
  • Yuri Gusev
  • Irina Mazur
  • Vladimir Aleksandrov
  • K. Bakhchiyev
  • Vladimir Bobrov
  • K. Chakhiryan
  • Boris Gitin
  • O. Kazanchev
  • Grigori Malikov
  • Vyacheslav Patsal
  • Vladimir Pitsek
  • Aleksandr Pyatkov
  • R. Sadykov
  • Oleg Savosin
  • Yekaterina Semyonova
  • I. Shubin
  • P. Skladchikov
  • L. Yankov

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