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| native_name = {{nobold|Леонид Гайдай}}
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| birthname = Leonid Iovich Gaidai
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1923|01|30}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1923|01|30}}
| birth_place = [[Svobodny, Amur Oblast|Svobodny]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|RSFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| birth_place = [[Svobodny, Amur Oblast|Svobodny]], Soviet Union
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1993|11|19|1923|01|30}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1993|11|19|1923|01|30}}
| death_place = [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]
| death_place = Moscow, Russia
| resting_place = [[Kuntsevo Cemetery]]
| resting_place = [[Kuntsevo Cemetery]]
| years_active = 1955–1992
| years_active = 1955–1992
| notable_works = {{Plainlist|
| works = {{Plainlist|
*''[[Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures]]'' (1965)
*''[[Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures]]'' (1965)
*''[[Kidnapping, Caucasian Style]]'' (1967)
*''[[Kidnapping, Caucasian Style]]'' (1967)
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'''Leonid Iovich Gaidai''' ({{lang-ru|Леонид Иович Гайдай}}; 30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993) 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 [[DVD]]s in Russia. He has been described as "the king of Soviet comedy".<ref name="Prokhorova">Prokhorova, Elena, "The Man Who Made Them Laugh: Leonid Gaidai, the King of Soviet Comedy", in Beumers, Birgit (2008) ''A History of Russian Cinema'', Berg Publishers, {{ISBN|978-1845202156}}, pp. 519–542</ref>
'''Leonid Iovich Gaidai''' ({{lang-ru|link=no|Леонид Иович Гайдай}}; 30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993) 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".<ref name="Prokhorova">Prokhorova, Elena, "The Man Who Made Them Laugh: Leonid Gaidai, the King of Soviet Comedy", in Beumers, Birgit (2008) ''A History of Russian Cinema'', Berg Publishers, {{ISBN|978-1845202156}}, pp. 519–542</ref>


==Early life and first success==
==Early life and first success==
Gaidai was born on 30 January 1923 in Svobodny, Amur Oblast,<ref name="Rollberg">Rollberg, Peter (2010) ''The A to Z of Russian and Soviet Cinema'', The Scarecrow Press, Inc., {{ISBN|978-0-8108-7619-4}}, pp. 235–8</ref> where he is commemorated by a statue. His father Iov Isidorovich Gaidai came from a [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] family of [[Serfdom in Russia|serfs]] of the [[Poltava Governorate]]. At the age of 22 he was sentenced to several years of [[katorga]] for revolutionary activity and sent to the [[Russian Far East|Far East]] to work at the railway.<ref name="Rollberg" /> Leonid's mother Maria Ivanovna Lubimova was born in the [[Ryazan Oblast]] to [[Russians|Russian]] parents. She met her Iove through her brother Egor, also a katorga worker who sent her a photo of his friend along with a marriage proposal. After Gaidai's term expired, they settled down in the Amur Oblast where Gaidai continued working at the railway building site.<ref>Maria Pupsheva, Valeriy Ivanov, Vladimir Zuckerman. ''Gaidai of the Soviet Union''. Moscow: [[Eksmo]], 2002. {{ISBN|5-699-01555-8}}</ref><ref>''[http://leonid-gaidai.ru/?r=2&m=8 Leonid Gaidai. Parents]'' on the website dedicated to Leonid Gaidai (in Russian)</ref>
Gaidai was born on 30 January 1923 in [[Svobodny, Amur Oblast]],<ref name="Rollberg">Rollberg, Peter (2010) ''The A to Z of Russian and Soviet Cinema'', The Scarecrow Press, Inc., {{ISBN|978-0-8108-7619-4}}, pp. 235–8</ref> where he is commemorated by a statue. His father Iov Isidorovich Gaidai came from a Ukrainian family of [[Serfdom in Russia|serfs]] of the [[Poltava Governorate]]. At the age of 22 he was sentenced to several years of [[katorga]] for revolutionary activity and sent to the [[Russian Far East|Far East]] to work at the railway.<ref name="Rollberg" /> Leonid's mother Maria Ivanovna Lubimova was born in the [[Ryazan Oblast]] to Russian parents. She met her Iove through her brother Egor, also a katorga worker who sent her a photo of his friend along with a marriage proposal. After Gaidai's term expired, they settled down in the Amur Oblast where Gaidai continued working at the railway building site.<ref>Maria Pupsheva, Valeriy Ivanov, Vladimir Zuckerman. ''Gaidai of the Soviet Union''. Moscow: [[Eksmo]], 2002. {{ISBN|5-699-01555-8}}</ref><ref>''[http://leonid-gaidai.ru/?r=2&m=8 Leonid Gaidai. Parents]'' on the website dedicated to Leonid Gaidai (in Russian)</ref>


Leonid was the third child in the family. His elder brother Aleksandr (1919–1994) was a well-known poet and a war correspondent. Leonid took part in [[amateur theatre|amateur dramatics]] from a young age. He graduated from school on 20 June 1941. Just two days after, the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Great Patriotic War]] started.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
Leonid was the third child in the family. His elder brother Aleksandr (1919–1994) was a well-known poet and a war correspondent. Leonid took part in [[amateur theatre|amateur dramatics]] from a young age. He graduated from school on 20 June 1941. Just two days after, the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Great Patriotic War]] started.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}


In February 1942, he was enrolled in the [[Red Army]].<ref name="Rollberg" /> He first served in [[Mongolia]], then finished [[sergeant]] courses, becoming a [[squad leader]]. He worked in the [[military intelligence]]. On 20 December 1942, Gaidai was awarded the [[Medal "For Battle Merit"]] for killing three Nazi soldiers and taking hostages during the battle for Yenkino village.<ref>''[https://pamyatnaroda.mil.ru/heroes/podvig-chelovek_nagrazhdenie18297761/ Order № 69, Award Documents]'' on the People's Memory website</ref> On 20 March 1943, he was heavily injured after stepping on a [[land mine]]. He spent nine months in military hospitals. In January 1944, he was sent home as war-disabled.<ref name="Rollberg" /><ref>''[http://leonid-gaidai.ru/?r=2&m=10 Leonid Gaidai. War Years]'' on the website dedicated to Leonid Gaidai (in Russian)</ref><ref>''[http://www.1tv.ru/documentary/fi=7893 Leoind Gaidai. The Greatest Mockingbird]'' documentary on [[Channel One Russia]], 2013 (in Russian)</ref> In 1945, he joined the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Communist Party]].<ref name="Rollberg" />
In February 1942, he was enrolled in the [[Red Army]].<ref name="Rollberg" /> He first served in Mongolia, then finished [[sergeant]] courses, becoming a [[squad leader]]. He worked in the [[military intelligence]]. On 20 December 1942, Gaidai was awarded the [[Medal "For Battle Merit"]] for killing three Nazi soldiers and taking hostages during the battle for Yenkino village.<ref>''[https://pamyatnaroda.mil.ru/heroes/podvig-chelovek_nagrazhdenie18297761/ Order № 69, Award Documents]'' on the People's Memory website</ref> On 20 March 1943, he was heavily injured after stepping on a [[land mine]]. He spent nine months in military hospitals. In January 1944, he was sent home as war-disabled.<ref name="Rollberg" /><ref>''[http://leonid-gaidai.ru/?r=2&m=10 Leonid Gaidai. War Years]'' on the website dedicated to Leonid Gaidai (in Russian)</ref><ref>''[http://www.1tv.ru/documentary/fi=7893 Leoind Gaidai. The Greatest Mockingbird]'' documentary on [[Channel One Russia]], 2013 (in Russian)</ref> In 1945, he joined the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Communist Party]].<ref name="Rollberg" />


Gaidai studied at the Irkutsk District Drama Theatre's studio school, and after graduating in 1947 acted in theatre productions.<ref name="Rollberg" /> He subsequently attended the [[Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography|Moscow Institute of Cinematography]], [[Grigori Aleksandrov]] workshop, completing his studies in 1955.<ref name="Rollberg" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Leond Gaidai Biography |url=https://ria.ru/20130130/920122198.html |website=ria.ru |date=30 January 2013 |publisher=[[RIA Novosti]] |accessdate=23 August 2020 |language=Russian}}</ref> He married the actress [[Nina Grebeshkova]], who played minor roles in his future films.<ref name="Rollberg" /> He initially worked as an assistant to director [[Boris Barnet]] on the 1955 film ''[[Lyana]]'', before directing the first of his own films in 1956 (the historical drama ''[[A Weary Road]]'').<ref name="Rollberg" /> His 1958 comedy ''The Dead Affair'' was described by Minister of Culture [[Nikolai Mikhailov (politician)|Nikolai Mikhailov]] as "a lampooning of Soviet Reality" and was cut to 47 minutes by censors as a result, and released as ''[[A Groom from the Other World]]''.<ref name="Rollberg" /><ref name="Prokhorova" /><ref name="Gillespie">Gillespie, David (2002) ''Russian Cinema'', Routledge, {{ISBN|978-0582437906}}, p. 49</ref> He subsequently avoided overtly political themes.<ref name="Gillespie" />
Gaidai studied at the Irkutsk District Drama Theatre's studio school, and after graduating in 1947 acted in theatre productions.<ref name="Rollberg" /> He subsequently attended the [[Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography|Moscow Institute of Cinematography]], [[Grigori Aleksandrov]] workshop, completing his studies in 1955.<ref name="Rollberg" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Leond Gaidai Biography |url=https://ria.ru/20130130/920122198.html |website=ria.ru |date=30 January 2013 |publisher=[[RIA Novosti]] |accessdate=23 August 2020 |language=Russian}}</ref> He married the actress [[Nina Grebeshkova]], who played minor roles in his future films.<ref name="Rollberg" /> He initially worked as an assistant to director [[Boris Barnet]] on the 1955 film ''[[Lyana]]'', before directing the first of his own films in 1956 (the historical drama ''[[A Weary Road]]'').<ref name="Rollberg" /> His 1958 comedy ''The Dead Affair'' was described by Minister of Culture [[Nikolai Mikhailov (politician)|Nikolai Mikhailov]] as "a lampooning of Soviet Reality" and was cut to 47 minutes by censors as a result, and released as ''[[A Groom from the Other World]]''.<ref name="Rollberg" /><ref name="Prokhorova" /><ref name="Gillespie">Gillespie, David (2002) ''Russian Cinema'', Routledge, {{ISBN|978-0582437906}}, p. 49</ref> He subsequently avoided overtly political themes.<ref name="Gillespie" />
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==Later years==
==Later years==
After 1975, Gaidai went into a period of significant decline;<ref name="Prokhorova" /> his only other notable work was a joint Soviet-[[Finland|Finnish]] film ''Borrowing Matchsticks'' ({{lang-ru|За спичками}}; {{lang-fi|Tulitikkuja lainaamassa}}), completed in 1980. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he directed only one more film, capitalizing on the early [[perestroika]] business activities and starring [[Dmitry Kharatyan]]. Gaidai has a cameo in the final one, ''There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya'', where he plays an old gambler who tries to beat the one-armed bandit. In real life, Gaidai was addicted to gambling. These proved the most popular of his works filmed after 1975 but lacked the success of his earlier work. Gaidai was made a [[People's Artist of the RSFSR]] in 1974, [[People's Artist of the USSR]] in 1989, and died in [[Moscow]] on Friday 19 November 1993.<ref name="Rollberg" /> He was buried at the [[Kuntsevo Cemetery]].<ref>[http://moscow-tombs.ru/1993/gaidai_li.htm Gaidai Leonid Iovich (1923—1993)] on the Moscow Toms website</ref>
After 1975, Gaidai went into a period of significant decline;<ref name="Prokhorova" /> his only other notable work was a joint Soviet-Finnish film ''Borrowing Matchsticks'' ({{lang|ru|За спичками}}, {{lang|fi|Tulitikkuja lainaamassa}}), completed in 1980. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he directed only one more film, capitalizing on the early [[perestroika]] business activities and starring [[Dmitry Kharatyan]]. Gaidai has a cameo in the final one, ''There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya'', where he plays an old gambler who tries to beat the one-armed bandit. In real life, Gaidai was addicted to gambling. These proved the most popular of his works filmed after 1975 but lacked the success of his earlier work. Gaidai was made a [[People's Artist of the RSFSR]] in 1974, [[People's Artist of the USSR]] in 1989, and died in Moscow on 19 November 1993.<ref name="Rollberg" /> He was buried at the [[Kuntsevo Cemetery]].<ref>[http://moscow-tombs.ru/1993/gaidai_li.htm Gaidai Leonid Iovich (1923—1993)] on the Moscow Toms website</ref>


==Style==
==Style==
Gaidai's comedies have a very visual style of comedy, utilizing [[slapstick]] and physical humor, with dialogue that has been described as "pithy, aphoristic, or nonsensical".<ref name="Prokhorova" /><ref>Prokhorov, Aleksandr (2003) "Cinema of Attractions versus Narrative Cinema: Leonid Gaidai’s Comedies and El'dar Riazanov’s Satires of the 1960s", ''Slavic Review'', Vol. 62, Issue 3, Fall 2003, pp. 455–472</ref> He was a master of fast-paced comedy, his style and rhythm somewhat similar to [[Stanley Kramer]]'s ''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]''. While his films on the surface portray socialist ideals, there are subversive elements and satire.<ref name="Prokhorova" /> He continued to suffer interference from censors, and said of his films "We will use the means of satire to fight the flaws which still sometimes hinder the lives of Soviet people".<ref name="Prokhorova" />
Gaidai's comedies have a very visual style of comedy, utilizing [[slapstick]] and physical humor, with dialogue that has been described as "pithy, aphoristic, or nonsensical".<ref name="Prokhorova" /><ref>Prokhorov, Aleksandr (2003) "Cinema of Attractions versus Narrative Cinema: Leonid Gaidai’s Comedies and El'dar Riazanov’s Satires of the 1960s", ''Slavic Review'', Vol. 62, Issue 3, Fall 2003, pp. 455–472</ref> He was a master of fast-paced comedy, his style and rhythm somewhat similar to Stanley Kramer's ''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]''. While his films on the surface portray socialist ideals, there are subversive elements and satire.<ref name="Prokhorova" /> He continued to suffer interference from censors, and said of his films "We will use the means of satire to fight the flaws which still sometimes hinder the lives of Soviet people".<ref name="Prokhorova" />


==Assessment==
==Assessment==
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Revision as of 01:20, 1 February 2023

Leonid Gaidai
Леонид Гайдай
Gaidai in 1941
Born(1923-01-30)30 January 1923
Svobodny, Soviet Union
Died19 November 1993(1993-11-19) (aged 70)
Moscow, Russia
Resting placeKuntsevo Cemetery
Years active1955–1992
Works
TitlePeople's Artist of the USSR (1989)
SpouseNina Grebeshkova

Leonid Iovich Gaidai (Template:Lang-ru; 30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993) 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".[1]

Early life and first success

Gaidai was born on 30 January 1923 in Svobodny, Amur Oblast,[2] where he is commemorated by a statue. His father Iov Isidorovich Gaidai came from a Ukrainian family of serfs of the Poltava Governorate. At the age of 22 he was sentenced to several years of katorga for revolutionary activity and sent to the Far East to work at the railway.[2] Leonid's mother Maria Ivanovna Lubimova was born in the Ryazan Oblast to Russian parents. She met her Iove through her brother Egor, also a katorga worker who sent her a photo of his friend along with a marriage proposal. After Gaidai's term expired, they settled down in the Amur Oblast where Gaidai continued working at the railway building site.[3][4]

Leonid was the third child in the family. His elder brother Aleksandr (1919–1994) was a well-known poet and a war correspondent. Leonid took part in amateur dramatics from a young age. He graduated from school on 20 June 1941. Just two days after, the Great Patriotic War started.[citation needed]

In February 1942, he was enrolled in the Red Army.[2] He first served in Mongolia, then finished sergeant courses, becoming a squad leader. He worked in the military intelligence. On 20 December 1942, Gaidai was awarded the Medal "For Battle Merit" for killing three Nazi soldiers and taking hostages during the battle for Yenkino village.[5] On 20 March 1943, he was heavily injured after stepping on a land mine. He spent nine months in military hospitals. In January 1944, he was sent home as war-disabled.[2][6][7] In 1945, he joined the Communist Party.[2]

Gaidai studied at the Irkutsk District Drama Theatre's studio school, and after graduating in 1947 acted in theatre productions.[2] He subsequently attended the Moscow Institute of Cinematography, Grigori Aleksandrov workshop, completing his studies in 1955.[2][8] He married the actress Nina Grebeshkova, who played minor roles in his future films.[2] He initially worked as an assistant to director Boris Barnet on the 1955 film Lyana, before directing the first of his own films in 1956 (the historical drama A Weary Road).[2] His 1958 comedy The Dead Affair was described by Minister of Culture Nikolai Mikhailov as "a lampooning of Soviet Reality" and was cut to 47 minutes by censors as a result, and released as A Groom from the Other World.[2][1][9] He subsequently avoided overtly political themes.[9]

His first success came six years after graduation, with a segment of the short film collection Absolutely Seriously (1961), which instantly became highly popular.[2] In this film, Gaidai first introduced a comic trio of crooks – Georgy Vitsin, Yuri Nikulin, and Yevgeny Morgunov (aka 'ViNiMor', playing the characters Coward, Fool, and Pro), who later appeared in several of his other films.[2] After his characters and directing style won the public's love, his name gained massive selling power in USSR's cinemas.[10]

Genre brilliance

Between 1961 and 1975, Gaidai directed a number of top-selling films, each one a huge financial success and becoming wildly popular in the Soviet Union. During these years, he filmed new adventures of the mischievous trio in Bootleggers (1961), a film adaptation of O. Henry's short stories, Strictly Business (1962), Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (1965), and Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1966).[1] Following his break with Morgunov, Gaidai disbanded the trio, while casting Nikulin in what was to become the most popular Soviet comedy ever made, The Diamond Arm (1968).[2]

The comic trio of Pro, Coward, and Fool in Gaidai's comedy Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1966)

In the 1970s, Gaidai worked primarily with the comedians from his own studio group, which included Vitsin, Kuravlyov, Pugovkin, Kramarov, Seleznyova, Krachkovskaya, and his wife Nina Grebeshkova. All this cast was featured in his film adaptation of Mikhail Zoshchenko's short stories, It Can't Be! (1975). He also filmed a play by Mikhail Bulgakov, Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973), Ilf and Petrov's The Twelve Chairs (1971), Nikolai Gogol's Incognito from St. Petersburg (1977), and Borrowing Matchsticks (1980), a story by the Finnish author Maiju Lassila.[2]

Commercial success

Gaidai's top-grossing film The Diamond Arm sold 76.7 million tickets in the Soviet Union alone, becoming the third highest-grossing Soviet film.[1][11] At $8 per ticket (regular fare in an American movie theatre in 2005), it would have generated revenue comparable to the US box office champion Titanic. In a 1995 survey by RTR, it was voted the best comedy ever made.[1] It was followed closely by Gaidai's other comedy films — Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (fourth place with 76.5 million viewers), Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (seventh place with 69.6 million viewers) and Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (17th place with 60.7 million viewers).[1][11]

Later years

After 1975, Gaidai went into a period of significant decline;[1] his only other notable work was a joint Soviet-Finnish film Borrowing Matchsticks (За спичками, Tulitikkuja lainaamassa), completed in 1980. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he directed only one more film, capitalizing on the early perestroika business activities and starring Dmitry Kharatyan. Gaidai has a cameo in the final one, There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, where he plays an old gambler who tries to beat the one-armed bandit. In real life, Gaidai was addicted to gambling. These proved the most popular of his works filmed after 1975 but lacked the success of his earlier work. Gaidai was made a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1974, People's Artist of the USSR in 1989, and died in Moscow on 19 November 1993.[2] He was buried at the Kuntsevo Cemetery.[12]

Style

Gaidai's comedies have a very visual style of comedy, utilizing slapstick and physical humor, with dialogue that has been described as "pithy, aphoristic, or nonsensical".[1][13] He was a master of fast-paced comedy, his style and rhythm somewhat similar to Stanley Kramer's It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. While his films on the surface portray socialist ideals, there are subversive elements and satire.[1] He continued to suffer interference from censors, and said of his films "We will use the means of satire to fight the flaws which still sometimes hinder the lives of Soviet people".[1]

Assessment

Gaidai remains most famous for the outstanding string of comedies he directed between 1961 and 1975, when nine of the ten films he made became Russian classics, selling between 20 and 76 million film tickets each, and becoming box office champions for several years in a row. He is less known outside of the former Soviet Union, due to the specific nature of his comedies, intrinsically tied to Soviet culture and lifestyle – unlike the motives of the characters of Kramer's "Mad World" being easily understood by the Russian public, living in the highly materialistic world of late Soviet Union. Gaidai's international recognition included a nomination for best short film at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival for Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross.[1][14] and the Grand Prix Wawel Silver Dragon at the Kraków Film Festival (Poland) in 1965 for the segment "Déjà vu" in the film Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures.

Filmography

Year Title Original title
Director Screenwriter Notes
1955 Lyana Ляна Actor (Alyosha)
1956 A Weary Road Долгий путь
Green tickY
1958 The Wind Ветер Actor (Naumenko the Red comissar)
A Groom from the Other World Жених с того света
Green tickY
1960 Thrice Resurrected Трижды воскресший
Green tickY
 Cameo (inventor)
On the Way В пути Actor (Tolya)
1961 Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross Пёс Барбос и необычный кросс
Green tickY
Green tickY
 Actor (bear in a tent, deleted scene)
Bootleggers Самогонщики
Green tickY
Green tickY
 Actor (Pro's wife, deleted scene)
1962 Strictly Business Деловые люди
Green tickY
Green tickY
1965 Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures Операция «Ы» и другие приключения Шурика
Green tickY
Green tickY
1966 Kidnapping, Caucasian Style Кавказская пленница, или Новые приключения Шурика
Green tickY
Green tickY
1969 The Diamond Arm Бриллиантовая рука
Green tickY
Green tickY
 Cameo (drunkard / Gorbunkov's arm in Kozodoyev's dream)
1971 The Twelve Chairs 12 стульев
Green tickY
Green tickY
 Actor (Varfolomey Korobeinikov)
1973 Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future Иван Васильевич меняет профессию
Green tickY
Green tickY
 Yakin's light assistant
1975 It Can't Be! Не может быть!
Green tickY
Green tickY
1977 Incognito from St. Petersburg Инкогнито из Петербурга
Green tickY
Green tickY
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained Риск — благородное дело Cameo (film director)
1978 Along the Streets a Commode Was Led По улицам комод водили Creative director
1980 Borrowing Matchsticks За спичками
Green tickY
Green tickY
 Soviet-Finnish co-production
1981–1988 Fitil Фитиль
Green tickY
 A total of 14 shorts
1982 Sportloto-82 Спортлото-82
Green tickY
Green tickY
1985 Dangerous for Your Life! Опасно для жизни!
Green tickY
Green tickY
1989 Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation Частный детектив, или Операция «Кооперация»
Green tickY
Green tickY
1992 Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains Again on Brighton Beach На Дерибасовской хорошая погода, или На Брайтон-Бич опять идут дожди
Green tickY
Green tickY
 Cameo (mad gambler); Russian-American co-production

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Prokhorova, Elena, "The Man Who Made Them Laugh: Leonid Gaidai, the King of Soviet Comedy", in Beumers, Birgit (2008) A History of Russian Cinema, Berg Publishers, ISBN 978-1845202156, pp. 519–542
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Rollberg, Peter (2010) The A to Z of Russian and Soviet Cinema, The Scarecrow Press, Inc., ISBN 978-0-8108-7619-4, pp. 235–8
  3. ^ Maria Pupsheva, Valeriy Ivanov, Vladimir Zuckerman. Gaidai of the Soviet Union. Moscow: Eksmo, 2002. ISBN 5-699-01555-8
  4. ^ Leonid Gaidai. Parents on the website dedicated to Leonid Gaidai (in Russian)
  5. ^ Order № 69, Award Documents on the People's Memory website
  6. ^ Leonid Gaidai. War Years on the website dedicated to Leonid Gaidai (in Russian)
  7. ^ Leoind Gaidai. The Greatest Mockingbird documentary on Channel One Russia, 2013 (in Russian)
  8. ^ "Leond Gaidai Biography". ria.ru (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  9. ^ a b Gillespie, David (2002) Russian Cinema, Routledge, ISBN 978-0582437906, p. 49
  10. ^ Новицкий Е. И. Леонид Гайдай / Евгений Новицкий. — М.: Молодая гвардия, 2017. — 413[3] с.: ил. — (Жизнь замечательных людей: сер. биогр.; вып. 1682). ISBN 978-5-235-04043-4. In Russian
  11. ^ a b Soviet Box Office Leaders on KinoPoisk
  12. ^ Gaidai Leonid Iovich (1923—1993) on the Moscow Toms website
  13. ^ Prokhorov, Aleksandr (2003) "Cinema of Attractions versus Narrative Cinema: Leonid Gaidai’s Comedies and El'dar Riazanov’s Satires of the 1960s", Slavic Review, Vol. 62, Issue 3, Fall 2003, pp. 455–472
  14. ^ "Medor, le chien qui rapporte bien". Festival de Cannes.
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