Strictly Business (1963)

Original title

Деловые люди

Directed by

Leonid Gaidai

Genre

adventure film, anthology film, comedy drama

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 19m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 48 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three separate short stories from O. Henry are adapted into a single film. Each tale involves a different set of characters getting into odd situations with a comedic tone.

comediclightheartedwhimsicalepisodicplayfulretrobrisk

What happens

Strictly Business (Russian: Деловые люди, romanized: Delovye lyudi, literally "Industrious people") or also known as Businessmen is a 1962 Soviet black-and-white comedy-drama film directed by Leonid Gaidai. Its plot consists of three unrelated novellas based on short stories by O. Henry: "The Roads We Take", "Makes the Whole World Kin", and "The Ransom of Red Chief". The film's title is borrowed from the book of short stories by O. Henry titled Strictly Business (1910, Деловые люди in Russian translation), but none of the short stories it includes were adapted for the screen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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