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Balalaika (1939)
Director: Reinhold Schunzel
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Draggy MGM operetta, raising some involuntary horse laughs with its notion of the Russian revolution as Bolshevik wench falls for stout Cossack. Just as you're dozing off to sleep, the bovine Eddy launches into 'The Volga Boatman's Song'.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Reinhold Schunzel
Producer: Lawrence Weingarten
Cast: Nelson Eddy, Ilona Massey, Charles Ruggles, Frank Morgan, Lionel Atwill, C Aubrey Smith full cast
Genre(s): Musicals
Duration: 102 mins
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