In his native Russia, Leonid Gaidai was considered a master of satirical comedy. Before studying film direction at Moscow's VGIK in the early '50s, Gaidai had graduated from the Drama Theater in Irkutsk in 1947 and established himself as a stage actor. Gaidai graduated from VGIK in 1955 and was co-director on Valentin Nevzorov's Dolgiy Put/The Long Way (1956). Dolgiy Put was a deadly serious and disturbing adaptation of the stories of V.G. Korolenko. Gaidai's sophomore effort, Zhenikh sTogo Sveta/The Bridegroom From the Other World, represented his first foray into satirical comedy and was a critical and popular success. Gaidai went on become the Soviet Union's main creator of slapstick comedies. He co-wrote most of his scripts and occasionally appeared in bit parts.
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Opasno Dlya Zhizni!
Director |
1985 | |||
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Sportloto-82
Director |
1982 | |||
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Za Spichkami
Director |
1980 | |||
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Inkognito Iz Peterburga
Director |
1977 | |||
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Ne Mozhet Byt!
Director |
1975 | |||
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Ivan Vasilievich: Back To The Future
Director |
1973 | |||
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Dvenadtsat Stulyev
Director, Screenwriter |
1971 | |||
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The Diamond Arm
Director |
1968 | |||
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Kidnapping Caucasian Style
Director |
1966 | |||
| 1965 | ||||
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Delovye Lyudi
Director |
1963 | |||
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Pes Barbos I Neobychnyy Kross
Director |
1961 | |||
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Samogonshchiki
Director |
1961 | |||
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Trizhdy Voskresshiy
Director |
1960 |