Leonid Gaidai

🎞 Director

Born

30 January 1923 (103)

Place of Birth

Svobodny, Amurskaya guberniya, RSFSR, USSR

Also known as

Leonid Gayday , L. Gaidai

Biography

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".

Filmography (28)

There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach

1993

⭐ 5.8

Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation

1989

Leonid Gaidai

Biography

Filmography (28)

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