Leonid Gaidai
Director, Writer, Actor, Producer
January 30, 1923 — 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
Filmography
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| 2014 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1990 | |
| 1985 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1980 | Borrowing Matchsticks · as Screenplay |
| 1978 | Inkognito iz Peterburga · as Screenplay |
| 1975 | It Can't Be! · as Screenplay |
| 1973 | Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession · as Screenplay |
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| 1969 | |
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| 1965 | |
| 1963 | Business People · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | Bootleggers · as Screenplay |
| 1961 | Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross · as Screenplay |
| 1961 | Absolutely Seriously · as Screenplay |
| 1993 | Na Deribasovskoy khoroshaya pogoda, ili Na Brayton-Bich opyat idut dozhdi · as Crazy Casino Player (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Twelve Chairs · as Varfolomey Korobeinikov (uncredited) |
| 1969 | The Diamond Arm · as Drunkard (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures · as (segment "workmate") (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Trizhdy voskresshiy · as Izobretatel (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Wind · as Закревский |
| 1955 | Lyana · as Alyosha |
| 2005 | Kak ukhodili kumiry · as Self/archivefootage |
| 2015 | Ubezhat, dognat, vluybitsya · as Motives From The Movie "kavkazskaya Plennizsa", Screenplay By |