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We Are from Jazz
A film posterDirected by Karen Shahnazarov Produced by Konstantin Forostenko Written by Aleksandr Borodyansky
Karen ShahnazarovStarring Igor Sklyar
Alexander Pankratov-CherniyMusic 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.
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 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
External links
- We Are from Jazz at the Internet Movie Database
- We Are from Jazz at AllRovi
Categories:- Soviet films
- Russian-language films
- 1984 films
- 1984 in the Soviet Union
- Mosfilm films
- 1980s comedy films
- Musical films
- Films directed by Karen Shakhnazarov
- Soviet film stubs
- 1980s comedy film stubs
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