Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross

1961 0h 10m RU

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7.6

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★7.6TMDB · 94

Comedy

Synopsis

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This is the very first silent slapstick comedy short about adventures of Worldly, Coward, and Fool. What's more fun: fishing with worms, or dynamite? Three friends decided to have a blast! Unfortunately their dog Barbos just loves playing fetch. And this time that stick was used for blast fishing. Barbos saw people throwing a smoking stick in a water, and fetched it right back to his owners. The "unusual cross" part begins when owners try to outrun the dog with dynamite.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Georgiy Vitsin
«Трус»
Yuriy Nikulin
«Балбес»
Yevgeni Morgunov
«Бывалый»

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Leonid Gaidai
Writers: Stepan Oleynik, Leonid Gaidai
Languages: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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RUNTIME

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Tight 10-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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65 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Leonid Gaidai, shot by Konstantin Brovin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Nikita Bogoslovskiy. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Georgiy Vitsin and Yuriy Nikulin and Yevgeni Morgunov carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0318437 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 94 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Leonid Gaidai directs. Konstantin Brovin behind the camera. Nikita Bogoslovskiy scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 10-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
265 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Leonid Gaidai, shot by Konstantin Brovin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Nikita Bogoslovskiy. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Georgiy Vitsin and Yuriy Nikulin and Yevgeni Morgunov carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0318437 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 94 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.