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Volga-Volga is a Soviet musical comedy directed by Grigori Aleksandrov, released on April 24, 1938. It centres on a group of amateur performers on their way to Moscow to perform in a talent contest called the Moscow Musical Olympiad. Most of the action takes place on a steamboat travelling on the Volga River. The lead roles were played by Alexandrov's wife, Lyubov Orlova, and Igor Ilyinsky.
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It never hurts for a filmmaker to enjoy the favour of people at the top level of government. During the Great Purge in the Soviet Union it was not only a matter of career advancement but actually a matter of physical survival. One of those fortunates was Grigori Aleksandrov, whose 1938 musical comedy *Volga-Volga* is known as Stalin’s favourite film. The plot begins in Melkovodsk, a fictional small town somewhere in…More
