| We Are from Jazz | |
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A film poster |
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| Directed by | Karen Shahnazarov |
| Produced by | Konstantin Forostenko |
| Written by | Aleksandr Borodyansky Karen Shahnazarov |
| Starring | Igor Sklyar Alexander Pankratov-Cherniy |
| Music by | Anatoli Kroll (conductor) Mark Minkov (composer) Ella Zelentsova (sound) |
| Cinematography | Vladimir Shevtsik |
| Editing by | Lidiya Milioti |
| Studio | Mosfilm |
| Release date(s) | 1984 |
| Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
We Are from Jazz (Russian: Мы из джаза, translit. My iz dzhaza) is a Soviet comedy musical film by Karen Shahnazarov.
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.