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Leonid Gaidai

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Soviet film director (1923-1993)

DirectorsLived 1923 to 1993 · aged 70
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Leonid Iovich Gaidai was a Soviet and Russian 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.

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Gaidai in 1941Gaidai in 19412023 postal cover of Russia dedicated to Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future. Its left image shows, left to right: Yakovlev, Gaidai, and Kuravlyov. The right image shows Gaidai.2023 postal cover of Russia dedicated to Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future. Its left image shows, left to right: Yakovlev, Gaidai, and Kuravlyov. The right image shows Gaidai.The comic trio of Pro, Coward, and Fool in Gaidai's comedy Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1966)The comic trio of Pro, Coward, and Fool in Gaidai's comedy Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1966)

Filmography 32

Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures1965 · ★ 7.5
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession1973 · ★ 7.9
The Diamond Arm1969 · ★ 7.8
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style1967 · ★ 7.7
12 Chairs1971 · ★ 7.7
Bootleggers1962 · ★ 7.3
Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross1961 · ★ 7.7
It Can't Be!1975 · ★ 7.3
SportLotto - 821982 · ★ 6.8
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach1993 · ★ 5.9
Strictly Business1963
For the Matches1980
Obsession1965
Dangerous for Your Life!1985
Sovershenno seryozno1961
Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation1989
Incognito from St.Petersburg1978
A Groom from the Right Society1958
Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...1978
A Weary Road1956
Thrice Resurrected1960
Lyana1955
Gift for a Single Woman1973
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained1977
The Wind1959
In Transit1961
Bird Market Incident1988
Heirloom1981
Black Gloves1973
Георгий Вицин. Не надо смеяться2016
Darling Friends1954
Георгий Вицин. Отшельник2008

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Television 3

Fuse1962
When Idols Were Gone2005
Legends of Cinema2016

Awards 19

1989People's Artist of the USSR
1985Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
1974People's Artist of the RSFSR
1970Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR
1970Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
1969Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
1942Medal "For Battle Merit"
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Order of Friendship of Peoples
Order of the Badge of Honour
Wound stripe
Golden ram

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Connected to Leonid 6

Klara RumyanovaAlso in The Diamond Arm (1969)Leonid KuravlyovAlso in There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach (1993)Vyacheslav TikhonovAlso in Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street... (1978)Savely KramarovAlso in 12 Chairs (1971)Natalya VarleyAlso in Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)Nonna MordyukovaAlso in The Diamond Arm (1969)

About this person

Leonid Iovich Gaidai was a Soviet and Russian 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".

Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1923 to 1993 · aged 70
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30 languages

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