We Are from Jazz

We Are from Jazz (Russian: Мы из джаза) is a 1983 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 Ivanov
 * Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyorny as Stepan Arkadyevich Grushko
 * Nikolai Averyushkin as Georgy (Jora) Ryabov
 * Pyotr Shcherbakov as Ivan Ivanovich Bavurin
 * Yelena Tsyplakova as Katya Bobrova (aka Isabella Fox)
 * 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