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Leonid Gaidai

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.


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Born:
Jan 30, 1923 In Svobodny, Amurskaya guberniya, RSFSR, USSR
Movie/TV Credits:
8
First Appeared:
In the movie Lyana 1955-08-02
Latest Project:
Series Как уходили кумиры 2005-08-15
Known For
Poster of В пути
Poster of Thrice Resurrected
Poster of The Wind
Poster of Lyana
Filmography
Series Как уходили кумиры Self/ArchiveFootage 2005-08-15
Movie There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach Crazy casino player (uncredited) 1993-04-01
Movie 12 Chairs Коробейников 1971-06-21
Movie Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures пятнадцатисуточник, новелла «Напарник» 1965-07-24
Movie В пути 1961-01-01
Movie Thrice Resurrected Izobretatel (uncredited) 1960-07-17
Movie The Wind Закревский 1959-03-16
Movie Lyana Alyosha 1955-08-02