from his office; after first trying to take the credit, it is revealed that he has no musical ability. Reflecting his general ignorance, Byvalov names various long dead classical composers as the author before he is forced to admit that Arrow wrote The Song of the Volga. After a frenetic search, Trubyshkin and Arrow appear together at the Moscow Musical Olympiad and sing The Song of the Volga to great acclaim, winning the prize for best song. In what appears to be a reference to the Yezhovshchina, Arrow breaks the fourth wall to address the audience, saying that apparatchiks such as Byvalov are being disposed of. Cast Igor Ilyinsky - Ivan Byvalov, head of management at a small handicraft industry in the city Melkovodsk. The antagonist of Volga-Volga. Lyubov Orlova - Dunya Petrova (aka 'Arrow' ), letter carrier. The protagonist of Volga-Volga. Vladimir Volodin - old pilot Pavel Olenev - Kuzma Ivanovich, water carrier / chef (reciter) Andrey Tutyshkin - Alesha Trubyshkin, accountant and Arrow's boyfriend. Sergey Antimonov - janitor Okhapkin Anatoly Shalaev - young composer Maria Mironova - Zoya, secretary of Byvalov. Nikita Kondratyev - Philip Ivanovich, waiter Vsevolod Sanayev - bearded lumberjack / member of the symphony orchestra Aleksey Dolinin - policeman Ivan Chuvelev - chairman of the jury of the Olympics Gallery References External links Stalin's favourite film restored in colour, AFP, 12/02/2010. 1938 films Mosfilm films Films set in Moscow Films set in Ural Films set in the Soviet Union Films set on ships Soviet black-and-white films 1930s Russian-language films Films directed by Grigori Aleksandrov 1938 musical comedy films Soviet musical comedy films Russian musical comedy films Films shot in Moscow Films shot in Moscow Oblast Films shot in Nizhny Novgorod Films shot in Perm Krai Films shot in Russia Articles containing video clips Films scored by Isaak Dunayevsky Russian black-and-white films