Absolutely Seriously

Absolutely Seriously (Russian: Совершенно серьезно) is a 1961 Soviet comedy anthology film directed by Eldar Ryazanov, Naum Trakhtenberg, Eduard Zmoiro, Vladimir Semakov and Leonid Gaidai.^[1][2]

Plot[]

The film is a comedy almanac, which includes five short stories.^[3]

• Sergey Filippov as cameo, almanac presenter
• Pavel Tarasov as movie critic
• Pyotr Repnin as movie critic
• Igor Sretensky as screenwriter

How Robinson Was Created[]

• Anatoli Papanov as editor of magazine "Adventure Business"
• Sergey Filippov as writer Moldavantsev/Robinson Crusoe
• Zinovy Gerdt as narrator (uncredited)

A Story with Pirozhki[]

• Rostislav Plyatt as customer
• Georgy Georgiu as store manager
• Boris Novikov as chief of department
• Emma Treyvas as chief of section
• Svetlana Kharitonova as cashier Tonechka
• Rina Zelyonaya as lady in queue

Foreigners[]

• Vladimir Kulik as Zhora Volobuyev the stilyaga
• Maria Mironova as Zhora's mother
• Maria Kravchunovskaya as Zhora's grandmother
• Aleksandr Belyavsky as "Frank" the journalist
• Ilya Rutberg as Edik "Kosoi" the stilyaga
• Tatiana Bestaeva as "Mary" the stilyaga

Bon Appetit[]

• Serafim Anikeyev as visitor, the former waiter
• Marina Polbentseva as waiter
• Olga Viklandt as barmaid
• Nina Mager as young waiter
• Yelizaveta Nikishchikhina as café visitor (uncredited)
• Pavel Vinnik as cook (uncredited)
• Georgy Millyar as doorman (uncredited)

Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross[]

• Yevgeny Morgunov as Pro
• Yuri Nikulin as Fool
• Georgy Vitsin^[4] as Coward
• Dog Bryokh as Dog Barbos
• Georgy Millyar as fishery supervision inspector in a boat

References[]

External links[]

• Absolutely Seriously at IMDb