Hipsters

Dec 25, 2008

2h 10m

★ 6.5

Moscow 1955. Hot Jazz Meets Cold War.

Overview

In this hit Russian musical, a group of friends flaunts Soviet authority in 1950s Moscow by embracing jazz. When Communist Mels falls for Polly, a free-spirited jazz fan, he risks losing his party membership by associating with her rebellious crew.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Central Partnership

Russia 1

Red Arrow Film Company

Planeta Inform

Rekun - Cinema

Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation

Valery Todorovsky Production Company

Hipsters Trailers

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Cast

Mels

Anton Shagin

Polza

Oksana Akinshina

Fred

Maksim Matveev

Bob

Igor Voynarovskiy

Betsi

Ekaterina Vilkova

Dryn

Konstantin Balakirev

Fred's father

Oleg Yankovskiy

Nolik

Aleksandr Stefantsov

Kim

Georgiy Sivokhin

Sherri

Olga Smirnova

Liza

Yanina Melekhova

Polza's mother

Irina Rozanova

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