Grigori ALEXANDROV
Григорий АЛЕКСАНДРОВ
Grigori ALEXANDROV
USSR, 1938, 104mn 
Black and white, fiction
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Directed by : Grigori ALEXANDROV (Григорий АЛЕКСАНДРОВ)
Writing credits : Grigori ALEXANDROV (Григорий АЛЕКСАНДРОВ), Nikolay ERDMAN (Николай ЭРДМАН), Vladimir NILSEN (Владимир НИЛЬСЕН), Mikhail VOLPIN (Михаил ВОЛЬПИН)
 
Cast
Sergey ANTINOMOV (Сергей АНТИНОМОВ)
Ivan CHUVELEV (Иван ЧУВЕЛЕВ)
Emmanuil GELLER (Эммануил ГЕЛЛЕР)
Igor ILINSKY (Игорь ИЛЬИНСКИЙ)
Valentina KIBARDINA (Валентина КИБАРДИНА)
Marya_2 MIRONOVA (Мария_2 МИРОНОВА)
Pavel OLENEV (Павел ОЛЕНЕВ)
Liubov ORLOVA (Любовь ОРЛОВА)
Vsevolod SANAEV (Всеволод САНАЕВ)
Andrey TUTYSHKIN (Андрей ТУТЫШКИН)
Vladimir VOLODIN (Владимир ВОЛОДИН)
 
Cinematography : Vladimir NILSEN (Владимир НИЛЬСЕН), Boris PETROV (Борис ПЕТРОВ)
Production design : Georgi GRIVTSOV (Георгий ГРИВЦОВ), Mikhail KARYAKIN (Михаил КАРЯКИН)
Music : Isaac DUNAEVSKY (Исаак ДУНАЕВСКИЙ)
Sound : Yevgeni NESTEROV (Евгений НЕСТЕРОВ)
Production : Mosfilm
Spectators : 30 millions of spectators
Restauration : 1961
Release date in Russia : 24/04/1938
 
Sites : Kinopoisk, IMDb
Release date in France : 1946-03-13, Site

Awards :
Prix Staline degré I pour Alexandrov, Orlova, Ilinski, Dounaevski et Erdman

Plot synopsis
A musical comedy.
Professor Nikitina works on the problem of using energy of the sun. A filmmaker Gromov decides to make a film about her and gives the leading role to Shatrova, an actress of operetta theatre surprisingly resembling Nikitina. Due to a number of funny events the two women exchange their parts in reality that brings love and happiness to both of them.
Source : www.mosfilm.ru
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Les dix meilleurs films soviétiques des années 1930 (Vidéos), Eleonora GOLDMAN, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2023
Les quinze films étrangers et soviétiques préférés de Joseph Staline, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2022
Volga Volga, de Grigori Alexandrov : l’improbable URSS chantante, Herve AUBERT, lemagducine.fr, 2020
RUSSIA BEYOND : Cinq comédies musicales soviétiques qui ont volé la vedette à Hollywood, Neha PATEL, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2018
«Нам уже не до смеха»: Музыкальные кино комедии Григория Александрова, Rimgaila SALYS, Новое литературное обозрение, 2012
Волга-Волга : монтажная запись художественного кинофильма : производство студии "Мосфильм," новый вариант, 1961 г, Grigori ALEXANDROV, Nikolay ERDMAN, Vladimir NILSEN, Рекламфильм, 1961
Мы не можем учиться у Чаплина : Александров о трудностях смешного, Grigori ALEXANDROV, chapaev.media, 1939
 
Reviews on Kinopoisk

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Soviet musicals, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2024
- Soviet comedies, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2024
- Best Soviet films according to Russia Beyond, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- L'URSS des cinéastes à la Cinémathèque française. 1917-1945 : deuxième partie, Paris (France), 2017
- The USSR of filmmakers at the Cinémathèque française. 1917-1945 : first and second part, Paris (France), 2017
- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2012
- "Spirit of Fire" International Debut Film Festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2012
- Hommage à la comédie musicale : Festival Grigori Alexandrov, Paris (France), 2010
- Année croisée France-Russia, Different cities (France), 2010
- Pessac International History Film Festival, Pessac (France), 2009
- Russian Film Festival, London (United Kingdom), 2009
- World Film Festival, Montreal (Canada), 2008
- Russian films in the cinema Arlequin, Paris (France), 2008
- Nantes Russian Film Festival, Nantes (France), 2006
- Festival of Central and Eastern Film , Wiesbaden (Germany), 2006
- Venice International Film Festival, Venice (Italy), 2006
- Gels et dégels, une autre histoire du cinéma soviétique (1926-1968), Paris (France), 2002
- Film Festival Locarno, Locarno (Switzerland), 2000
- Release in France of the film, Different cities (France), 1946-03-13

Photos and videos
 


Video excerpts with the words of the songs on pesnifilm.ru