Volga - Volga Widely claimed to be Joseph Stalin's favorite movie, this classic musical comedy is a must-see. The action takes place on a steamboat on the iconic Volga River, as two groups of performers travel to Moscow to perform in the Moscow Musical Olympiad. Details Casts Title Volga - Volga Release Date 1938-04-24 Runtime 01 Hours 44 Minutes Genres Comedy Music Production Companies Mosfilm Production Countries Soviet Union Lyubov Orlova Strelka Petrova Igor Ilyinsky Byvalov Vladimir Volodin The Pilot Pavel Olenev The Water-Carter Sergei Antimonov The street sweeper Andrei Tutyshkin Alyosha Trubyshkin Mariya Mironova The Secretary (as M. V. ? Vsevolod Sanayev The Lumberjack (as V. V.? Nikita Kondratyev The Waiter (as N. S. Kon? Anatoli Shalayev The Boy Musical Prodigy ? Aleksey Dolinin The Militia Man (as A. G? Ivan Chuvelyov The Olympiad Representat? Emmanuil Geller Niki Otto The Cooc