Absolutely Seriously

Absolutely Seriously (Russian: Совершенно серьёзно) is a 1961 Soviet comedy anthology film directed by Eldar Ryazanov, Naum Trakhtenberg, Eduard Zmoiro, Vladimir Semakov and Leonid Gaidai.^[1][2] The best known novella is Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross which is often screened separately.

Absolutely Seriously
Russian: Совершенно серьёзно
Directed by	Eldar Ryazanov Naum Trakhtenberg Eduard Zmoiro Vladimir Semakov Leonid Gaidai
Written by	Eldar Ryazanov Emil Braginsky Vilyam Kozlov Boris Laskin Vladimir Dykhovichny Moris Slobodskoy Leonid Gaidai
Produced by	Ivan Pyryev G. Meyerovich
Starring	Anatoli Papanov Sergey Filippov Rostislav Plyatt Aleksandr Belyavsky
Cinematography	Leonid Krainenkov Savva Kulish Vladimir Boganov Anatoly Nitochkin Konstantin Brovin
Music by	Anatoly Lepin Bogdan Trotsyuk Yevgeny Krylatov Arkady Ostrovsky Nikita Bogoslovsky Aleksandr Zatsepin
Release date	1961 (1961)
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Plot

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

Cast

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

How Robinson Was Created

Main article: 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 Vladimirovna 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

See also: 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