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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!
  • Na Deribasovskoy khoroshaya pogoda, ili Na Brayton-Bich opyat idut dozhdi
  • Business People
  • Opasno dlya zhizni!
  • Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
  • Chastnyy detektiv, ili operatsiya 'Kooperatsiya'
  • Zhenikh s togo sveta
  • Borrowing Matchsticks
  • Inkognito iz Peterburga
  • Po ulitsam komod vodili...
  • Dolgiy put
  • Trizhdy voskresshiy
  • Absolutely Seriously
  • Ubezhat, dognat, vluybitsya
  • Fitil

Leonid Gaidai Filmography

1993
1971
Twelve Chairs · as Коробейников
1969
1965
Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures · as Пятнадцатисуточник, Новелла «напарник»
1960
Trizhdy voskresshiy · as Izobretatel (uncredited)
1959
The Wind · as Закревский
1955
Lyana · as Alyosha

2005
Kak ukhodili kumiry (TV Series) · as Self/archivefootage

2015
Ubezhat, dognat, vluybitsya · as Motives From The Movie "kavkazskaya Plennizsa", Screenplay By

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