Leonid Gaidai
Birthday: 1923-01-30
Place of Birth: Svobodny, Amurskaya guberniya, RSFSR, USSR
Biography: 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".
Movies
In Transit
An elderly man takes in his orphaned niece after the death of his younger brother. On the way home, ...
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12 Chairs
A former aristocrat Ippolit Vorobyaninov leads a miserable life in Soviet Russia. His mother-in-law ...
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There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach
When mysterious Russian bandit named Artist came in USA, brave Russian special agent Fyodor Sokolov ...
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The Wind
Filmed in the context of the fortieth anniversary of the creation of the Komsomols, the League of Yo...
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Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot foll...
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Lyana
A group of Moldavian folk musicians compete for the top Soviet prize. Singer Lyana loves the flautis...
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Thrice Resurrected
In 1919, on the tow boat Komsomol went to beat the whites. During the Second World War, during the h...
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The Diamond Arm
A diamond smuggling operation goes wrong when an ordinary Soviet citizen becomes unwittingly involve...
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Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
The thirty-year-old decathlete leaves the big sport and becomes a stunt performer in the cinema. Abo...
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