We Are from Jazz
| We Are from Jazz | |
|---|---|
 A film poster | |
| 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 |
| Edited by | Lidiya Milioti |
Production company | |
Release dates | 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.
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.
Cast
- Igor Sklyar as Konstantin
- Alexander Pankratov-Chorny as Stefan
- Nikolai Averyushkin as Georgi
- Pyotr Shcherbakov as Ivan
- Yelena Tsyplakova as Katie
- Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev as Papa
- Leonid Kuravlyov
- Borislav Brondukov as fake of Captain Kolbasyev
- Larisa Dolina as Clementine Fernandez
- Yuri Vasilyev
- Nikolai Kochegarov
- Pyotr Merkuryev
- Yuri Gusev
- Irina Mazur
- Vladimir Aleksandrov
- K. Bakhchiyev
- Vitaly Bobrov - the real Captain Kolbasyev [1]
- 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
External links
- We Are from Jazz at the Internet Movie Database
- We Are from Jazz at AllMovie
- We Are From Jazz online at official Mosfilm site (with English subtitles)