We Are from Jazz

Plot

Cast

• Igor Sklyar as Konstantin Ivanov
• Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyorny as Stepan Arkadyevich Grushko
• Nikolai Averyushkin as Georgy Ryabov
• Pyotr Shcherbakov as Ivan Ivanovich Bavurin
• Yelena Tsyplakova as Katya Bobrova
• Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev as Papa, pickpocket and jazz lover
• Leonid Kuravlyov as Samsonov, head of the Association of proletarian musicians
• Borislav Brondukov as fake of Captain Kolbasyev
• Larisa Dolina as Clementine Fernandez, Cuban singer
• Yuri Vasilyev as Orlov, jazz band leader
• Alexander Pyatkov as Yaryshkin, waiter

  Interesting facts

• The film was distribution leader in the USSR in 1983 with 17.1 million viewers.
• The historical records of music of the 1920s were used in the filming.
• The role of Kostya Ivanov was originally intended for Dmitry Kharatyan. Yevgeny Dvorzhetsky and Mikhail Shirvindt were also auditioned for the role.
• Lyubov Polishchuk was auditioned for the role of Clementine.
• Nikolai Yeremenko Jr. and Leonid Yarmolnik were auditioned for the role of Stepan.
• The operator Vladimir Shevtsik sings for the role of Alexander Pankratov-Cherny in the film.
• Larisa Dolina was in the fifth month of pregnancy during the filming.