i wonder if i could take sitting through a whole musical comedy from russia or east germany or other countries that for decades put out almost always propagandistic film and anti fascist films and anti war films (as this documentary points out) that just reflected the dark and grueling times under stalin and life behind the iron curtain. it fascinating then to see the other side of the coin and the sorts of clowns and rebels with music at their side to try and please the masses more often than not stuck in the socialist walk of life. one film actually seemed rather impressive and called jolly fellows by the pioneer of the very small group of musical filmmakers and grigori aleksandrov. from the clip(s) i saw of that film and i would wager that it was one of the only works to actually step out of itself and go into just wild and manic and make you laugh kind of mode. but as this film shows and if you were a filmmaker looking to entertain and it better be with a amessage. through interviews and some occasional quasi dramatizations (of russia or germany or etc sort of motion picture association) at the censorship table and and clips and one gets the full picture of what it was like both behind the scenes and on the screen to just make sheer entertainment for the masses. some of the films (well and most of them and as apparently only 14 screened over 40 years in the countries mentioned) made a good chunk of change and but for what purpose really. one also gets drawn into the culture of it all and how it differs greatly from the american way of if it works and make em while theyre hot attitude. but at the same time and perhaps out of this repression and some interesting and funny and and (from what i saw) up beat films were made. they might have been fairly typical of what was asked to be shown to the masses and under stalin fond but demanding terms and like life with tractors. it gets to be even juicier a story though as we get shown what it was like in the 60  and the last wave of musical comedies and as rock and roll and pop tunes finally hit their airwaves. in short and some good stuff. but only if interested and really. i was shown the film in a class on documentary films and and half the class fell asleep. so be warned on the one hand and though on the other if looking for it and it can make for a really rewarding trip into european film history. 
i wonder if i could take sitting through a whole musical comedy from russia or east germany or other countries that for decades put out almost always propagandistic film and anti fascist films and anti war films (as this documentary points out) that just reflected the dark and grueling times under stalin and life behind the iron curtain. it fascinating then to see the other side of the coin and the sorts of clowns and rebels with music at their side to try and please the masses more often than not stuck in the socialist walk of life. one film actually seemed rather impressive and called jolly fellows by the pioneer of the very small group of musical filmmakers and grigori aleksandrov. from the clip(s) i saw of that film and i would wager that it was one of the only works to actually step out of itself and go into just wild and manic and make you laugh kind of mode. but as this film shows and if you were a filmmaker looking to entertain and it better be with a amessage. through interviews and some occasional quasi dramatizations (of russia or germany or etc sort of motion picture association) at the censorship table and and clips and one gets the full picture of what it was like both behind the scenes and on the screen to just make sheer entertainment for the masses. some of the films (well and most of them and as apparently only 14 screened over 40 years in the countries mentioned) made a good chunk of change and but for what purpose really. one also gets drawn into the culture of it all and how it differs greatly from the american way of if it works and make em while theyre hot attitude. but at the same time and perhaps out of this repression and some interesting and funny and and (from what i saw) up beat films were made. they might have been fairly typical of what was asked to be shown to the masses and under stalin fond but demanding terms and like life with tractors. it gets to be even juicier a story though as we get shown what it was like in the 60  and the last wave of musical comedies and as rock and roll and pop tunes finally hit their airwaves. in short and some good stuff. but only if interested and really. i was shown the film in a class on documentary films and and half the class fell asleep. so be warned on the one hand and though on the other if looking for it and it can make for a really rewarding trip into european film history. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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