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Leonid Gaidai

Director, Writer, Actor, Producer, Additional Credits
Born January 30, 1923Died November 19, 1993 (70 years)
Leonid Iovich Gaidai (Russian: Леони́д Ио́вич Гайда́й; 30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993; Svobodny) was a Soviet comedy film director, screenwriter and actor who enjoyed immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former Soviet Union. His films broke theatre attendance records and were some of the top-selling DVDs in Russia. He has been described as "the king of Soviet comedy".

Known For

  • Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
  • The Diamond Arm
  • Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures
  • Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
  • Twelve Chairs
  • Bootleggers
  • Pyos Barbos i neobychnyj kross
  • Sportloto-82
  • It Can't Be!
  • Business People
  • Na Deribasovskoy khoroshaya pogoda, ili Na Brayton-Bich opyat idut dozhdi
  • Opasno dlya zhizni!
  • Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
  • Borrowing Matchsticks
  • Chastnyy detektiv, ili operatsiya 'Kooperatsiya'
  • Zhenikh s togo sveta
  • Inkognito iz Peterburga
  • Po ulitsam komod vodili...
  • Dolgiy put
  • Trizhdy voskresshiy
  • Absolutely Seriously
  • Ubezhat, dognat, vluybitsya
  • Fitil

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