Absolutely Seriously

Absolutely Seriously (Совершенно серьёзно) is a 1961 Soviet comedy anthology film directed by Eldar Ryazanov, Naum Trakhtenberg, Eduard Zmoiro, Vladimir Semakov and Leonid Gaidai.

Plot
The film is a comedy almanac, which includes five short stories.


 * 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 as Coward
 * Dog Bryokh as Dog Barbos
 * Georgy Millyar as fishery supervision inspector in a boat