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".
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This is the second silent (save for a song) slapstick comedy short about adventures of Worldly, Cowa...
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The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot foll...
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Shurik, a kind but naïve ethnography student, falls in love with the intelligent, athletic and beaut...
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A diamond smuggling operation goes wrong when an ordinary Soviet citizen becomes unwittingly involve...
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A scientist builds a time machine and accidentally sends his apartment complex manager and a petty b...
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In Eastern Finland, in Liperi to be exact, Anna-Liisa Ihalainen asks her husband Antti to get some m...
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | For the Matches (1980) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
| 2 | Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973) | Director / Writer | 8.1 | |
| 3 | 12 Chairs (1971) | Director / Writer | 8.5 | |
| 4 | The Diamond Arm (1969) | Director / Writer | 8.2 | |
| 5 | Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 6 | Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965) | Director / Writer | 8.5 | |
| 7 | Bootleggers (1962) | Director / Writer | 7 |

