Absolutely Seriously
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| Russian: Совершенно серьёзно | |
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| Produced by | Ivan Pyryev G. Meyerovich  | 
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| Country | Soviet Union | 
| Language | Russian | 
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.
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
- 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
- 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
 
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