Leonid Gaidai
b. 1923 — d. 1993 (aged 70)
Svobodny, Amur Governorate, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Amur Oblast, Russia]
Actor
Director
Writer
Leonid I. Gaidai (30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993) was one of the most popular Soviet comedy directors, enjoying immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former USSR and modern Russia. His movies broke theatre attendance records and are still some of the top-selling DVDs in Russia.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 4.9
Ubezhat, dognat, vluybitsya
2015 Writer
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★ 1.2
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
2014 Writer
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★ 6.0
Na Deribasovskoy khoroshaya pogoda, ili Na Brayton-Bich opyat idut dozhdi
1993 Director
Writer
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★ 5.2
Chastnyy detektiv, ili operatsiya 'Kooperatsiya'
1990 Director
Writer
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★ 6.4
Opasno dlya zhizni!
1985 Director
Writer
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★ 6.8
Sportloto-82
1982 Director
Writer
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★ 6.7
Familnaya dragotsennost
1981 Director
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★ 6.7
Borrowing Matchsticks
1980 Director
Writer
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★ 6.4
Inkognito iz Peterburga
1978 Director
Writer
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★ 7.6
It Can't Be!
1975 Director
Writer
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★ 8.2
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
1973 Director
Writer
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★ 5.6
Die Flucht
1973 Director
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★ 8.1
Twelve Chairs
1971 Director
Writer
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★ 8.2
The Diamond Arm
1969 Director
Writer
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★ 8.2
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
1967 Director
Writer
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★ 8.4
Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures
1965 Director
Writer
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★ 8.1
Navazhdenie
1965 Director
Writer
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★ 7.5
Business People
1963 Director
Writer
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★ 7.9
Bootleggers
1962 Director
Writer
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★ 6.2
Fuse (cinema journal)
1962 Director
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★ 7.7
Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross
1961 Director
Writer
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★ 7.1
Absolutely Seriously
1961 Director
Writer
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★ 5.9
V puti
1961 Actor
Tolya
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★ 5.1
Trizhdy voskresshiy
1960 Director
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★ 6.9
Zhenikh s togo sveta
1958 Director
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★ 5.7
Dolgiy put
1956 Director
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★ 6.3
Lyana
1955 Actor
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Dushen'ki-podruzhen'ki
1954 Actor
Director
Vacationer