The man who made Stalin tap his foot finally gets his close-up.
The film uses fragments of feature films and materials of the Gosfilmofond of the Russian Federation. In addition to the actors listed above, the following actors tell about the composer: directors Grigory Alexandrov and Ivan Pyriev, songwriters Mikhail Matusovsky and Vasily Lebedev-Kumach.
Production
Rare Gosfilmofond archival footage, basically Soviet cinema's attic
Direction
Pyryev's insider access—he grew up in this world
Sound
Those earworms that outlived the regime
Director
Erik Pyryev
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dunaevsky's 'March of the Enthusiasts' was so catchy that even Gulag prisoners reportedly hummed it—joy as compulsory state project.
Director Erik Pyryev was composer Isaak Dunaevsky's nephew and director Ivan Pyriev's son—this whole film is basically family dinner with cameras.
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