Absolutely Seriously (1961)

Original title

Совершенно серьезно

Directed by

Eduard Smoyro, Eduard Abalov, Naum Trakhtenberg, Leonid Gaidai

Genre

comedy film, anthology film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 23m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Soviet anthology film presents a collection of short comedic stories. The most famous segment involves a dog causing a series of mishaps for three bumbling friends.

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What happens

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. The best known novella is Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross which is often screened separately. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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