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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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