🎬 Director
Leonid Gaidai
🎂 Born 30 January 1923 (age 70)✝ 19 November 1993📍 Svobodny, Amurskaya guberniya, RSFSR, USSR
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Popularity Score
9
Acting Credits
22
Directed
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
★ 7.5
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
1965
(segment "Workmate") (uncredited)
★ 7.8
The Diamond Arm
1969
drunkard (uncredited)
★ 7.6
12 Chairs
1971
Varfolomey Korobeinikov (uncredited)
★ 5.9
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach
1993
Crazy casino player (uncredited)
Directed Films(22)
★ 7.5
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
1965
Director
★ 7.9
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
1973
Director
★ 7.8
The Diamond Arm
1969
Director
★ 7.7
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
1967
Director
★ 7.6
12 Chairs
1971
Director
★ 7.3
Strictly Business
1963
Director
★ 7.3
It Can't Be!
1975
Director
★ 6.8
SportLotto - 82
1982
Director
★ 5.9
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach
1993
Director
★ 7.6
Obsession
1965
Director
★ 6.0
A Weary Road
1956
Director
★ 5.7
Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation
1989
Director
★ 6.7
Dangerous for Your Life!
1985
Director
★ 7.7
Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross
1961
Director
★ 7.3
Bootleggers
1962
Director
★ 5.4
Thrice Resurrected
1960
Director
★ 6.3
For the Matches
1980
Director
★ 6.0
Incognito from St.Petersburg
1978
Director
★ 6.9
Sovershenno seryozno
1961
Director
★ 6.5
A Groom from the Right Society
1958
Director
Darling Friends
1954
Director
Heirloom
1981
Director
Full Filmography(9 films)
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