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Leonid Gaïdaï is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter Russe born on 30 january 1923 at Svobodny (Russie)
Leonid Iovich Gaidai (Russian: Леони́д И́ович Гайда́й; 30 January 1923, Svobodny, Amur Oblast – 19 November 1993, Moscow) was one of the most popular Soviet comedy directors, enjoying immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former USSR & modern Russia. His movies broke theatre attendance records and are still some of the top-selling DVDs in Russia.
Entre 1961 et 1975, les films réalisés par Gaïdaï sont d'énormes succès commerciaux en Union soviétique. Durant ces années, il filme de nouvelles aventures de son trio comique, Samogonshchiki (Bootleggers, 1961), Operatsia Y i drougie priklyoutchenia Chourika (Opération Y, 1965) et La Prisonnière du Caucase ou les Nouvelles Aventures de Chourik (1966).
Durant les années 1970, Gaïdaï tourne essentiellement avec les acteurs de son propre studio, Gueorgui Vitsine, Leonid Kouravlev, Mikhaïl Pougovkine, Saveli Kramarov, Natalia Selezniova , Natalia Kratchkovskaïa, et son épouse Nina Grebechkova.
Après 1975, la carrière de Gaidai connait une période de déclin significatif, le nombre et la popularité de ses films baissant. À sa mort, Gaïdaï laisse derrière lui de nombreux films dont neuf sont devenus des films culte ; chacun de ses films a été vu par 20 à 76 millions de spectateurs. Il est pourtant pratiquement inconnu en dehors de l'ex-URSS, sans doute du fait de la nature particulière de ses comédies très liées à la culture et au style de vie soviétiques.
Il est enterré au cimetière de Kountsevo, à Moscou.
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Leonid Gaïdaï
Birth name Leonid Iovich Gaidai
Nationality Russie
Birth 30 january 1923 at Svobodny (Russie)
Death 19 november 1993 (at 70 years) at Moscow (Russie)
Awards People's Artist of the USSR
Nationality Russie
Birth 30 january 1923 at Svobodny (Russie)
Death 19 november 1993 (at 70 years) at Moscow (Russie)
Awards People's Artist of the USSR
Biography
Après avoir servi dans l'Armée rouge durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Leonid Gaïdaï entre à l'Institut cinématographique de Moscou. Son premier succès vient six ans après l'obtention de son diplôme avec sa participation au film à sketches Soverchenno seriozno (1961), qui est immédiatement devenu très populaire. Dans ce film, Gaïdaï met en scène un trio comique d'escrocs, interprété par Iouri Nikouline, Gueorgui Vitsine et Ievgueni Morgounov, qui apparaitront dans plusieurs de ses autres films.Entre 1961 et 1975, les films réalisés par Gaïdaï sont d'énormes succès commerciaux en Union soviétique. Durant ces années, il filme de nouvelles aventures de son trio comique, Samogonshchiki (Bootleggers, 1961), Operatsia Y i drougie priklyoutchenia Chourika (Opération Y, 1965) et La Prisonnière du Caucase ou les Nouvelles Aventures de Chourik (1966).
Durant les années 1970, Gaïdaï tourne essentiellement avec les acteurs de son propre studio, Gueorgui Vitsine, Leonid Kouravlev, Mikhaïl Pougovkine, Saveli Kramarov, Natalia Selezniova , Natalia Kratchkovskaïa, et son épouse Nina Grebechkova.
Après 1975, la carrière de Gaidai connait une période de déclin significatif, le nombre et la popularité de ses films baissant. À sa mort, Gaïdaï laisse derrière lui de nombreux films dont neuf sont devenus des films culte ; chacun de ses films a été vu par 20 à 76 millions de spectateurs. Il est pourtant pratiquement inconnu en dehors de l'ex-URSS, sans doute du fait de la nature particulière de ses comédies très liées à la culture et au style de vie soviétiques.
Il est enterré au cimetière de Kountsevo, à Moscou.
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Filmography of Leonid Gaïdaï (12 films)
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, 1h33Directed by Leonid Gaïdaï
Origin Russie
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comic science fiction
Themes Théâtre, L'usurpation d'identité, Time travel films, Comedy science fiction films, Films based on plays, Escroquerie
Actors Yury Yakovlev, Leonid Kouravliov, Alexandre Demianenko, Natalya Seleznyova, Vladimir Etouch, Natalia Kratchkovskaïa
Roles l'assistant de Yakine
Rating81%
The story begins in 1973 Moscow, where Engineer Aleksandr (Shurik) Timofeev (Aleksandr Demyanenko) is working on a time machine in his apartment. By accident, he sends Ivan Vasilevich Bunsha (Yuri Yakovlev), superintendent of his apartment building, and George Miloslavsky (Leonid Kuravlev), a small-time burglar, back into the time of Ivan IV "The Terrible". The pair is forced to disguise themselves, with Bunsha dressing up as Ivan IV and Miloslavsky as a knyaz of the same name. At the same time, the real Ivan IV (also played by Yuri Yakovlev) is sent by the same machine into Shurik's apartment, he has to deal with modern-day life while Shurik tries to fix the machine so that everyone can be brought back to their proper place in time. Superintendent Bunsha and Tzar Ivan IV the Terrible are lookalikes but have completely different personalities, which results in funny situations of mistaken identity. As the police (tipped off by a neighbor who was burgled by Miloslavsky) close in on Shurik, who is frantically trying to repair the machine, the cover of Bunsha and Miloslavsky is blown and they have to fight off the Streltsy, who have figured out that Bunsha is an impostor. The movie ends with Bunsha, Miloslavsky, and Ivan IV all transported back to their proper places, although the entire episode is revealed to be a dream by Shurik.
12 Chairs (1971)
, 2h41Directed by Leonid Gaïdaï
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Archil Mikhaylovich Gomiashvili, Leonid Gaïdaï, Sergueï Filippov, Yuri Nikulin, Natalia Kratchkovskaïa, Natalia Varley
Rating81%
Un ancien aristocrate, Ippolit Vorobyaninov, mène une vie misérable dans la Russie soviétique. Sa belle-mère lui révèle un secret : elle a caché des diamants de famille dans l'une des douze chaises qu'ils possédaient. Vorobyaninov, en coopération avec un jeune escroc, Ostap Bender, entame une longue recherche pour retrouver les diamants.
The Diamond Arm (1969)
, 1h34Directed by Leonid Gaïdaï
Origin Russie
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Crime
Actors Yuri Nikulin, Andreï Mironov, Anatoli Papanov, Nonna Mordioukova, Leonid Kanevsky, Svetlana Svetlitchnaïa
Roles l'alcoolique (non crédité)
Rating82%
The boss of a black market ring (known only as "The Chief") wants to smuggle a batch of jewelry from a foreign state into the Soviet Union by hiding it inside the orthopedic cast of a courier. The Chief sends a minor henchman named Gennadiy Kozodoyev (played by Mironov) to serve as the courier. Kozodoyev travels to Istanbul via a tourist cruise ship. The Turkish co-conspirators do not know what the courier looks like; they only know that he is supposed to say a code word to identify himself. Due to a mix-up, they mistake Kozodoyev's fellow passenger from the cruise ship, the "ordinary Soviet citizen" Semyon Gorbunkov (played by Nikulin) for the courier. They place a cast around his arm and put the contraband jewels inside the cast. Upon the cruise ship's return to the Soviet Union, Gorbunkov lets the police know what happened, and the police captain, who is working undercover as a taxi driver, uses Gorbunkov as bait to catch the criminals. Most of the plot are various attempts of The Chief's inept henchmen, Kozodoyev and Lyolik (played by Papanov), to lure Gorbunkov into a situation where they can quietly, without a wet job, remove the cast and reclaim the contraband jewels. In the meantime, Gorbunkov's wife begins to suspect that he has either been recruited by foreign intelligence, or is having an affair.
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, 1h37Directed by Leonid Gaïdaï
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Dmitri Kharatian, Kelly McGillis, Mamuka Kikaleishvili, Leonid Kouravliov, Andrey Myagkov, Emmanuil Vitorgan
Rating59%
The plot unfolds during the last years of the Soviet Union. The Cold War is over and the President of the United States and the General Secretary of the Soviet Union must meet for high-level diplomatic talks. However, the meeting is put at risk because of the extent of the criminal activities perpetuated by the Russian Mafia in the United States. A Mafioso named Rabinovich is even able to listen in on the phone lines between Washington and Moscow using a secret wiretap. Fedor Sokolov, a KGB agent and Mary Star, a CIA agent, must work together to take down the head of the Russian Mafia, nicknamed the "Artist" who appears in the guises of Lenin, Stalin, Brezhnev, Khrushchev, Hitler, Peter the Great, Saddam Hussein, and Othello over the course of this screwball comedy.
Dangerous for Your Life! (1985)
, 1h28Directed by Leonid Gaïdaï
Genres Comedy, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films
Actors Leonid Kouravliov, Georgy Vitsin, Borislav Brondoukov, Sergueï Filippov, Nina Maslova
Rating63%
Spartak Molodtsov (Leonid Kuravlev) - a man who can not pass. Because of this, he always adheres to the stories. So this morning he found a broken high tension wire and was late for work, which was nearly derailed the reception of visitors, for its new bureaucrat-chief (Borislav Brondukov) was afraid to make decisions without him. This story Gaidai cieled in his characteristic manner, dynamic, eccentric comedy with the obligatory satire.
SportLotto - 82 (1982)
, 1h29Directed by Leonid Gaïdaï
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Borislav Brondoukov
Rating67%
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For the Matches (1980)
, 1h34Directed by Leonid Gaïdaï, Risto Orko
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Historical, Musical
Actors Evgueni Leonov, Rita Polster, Vyacheslav Nevinny, Georgy Vitsin, Ritva Valkama, Sergueï Filippov
Rating67%
Antti Ihalaynen (Yevgeny Leonov) lives happily on the farm with his wife Anna-Lisa (Rita Polster). Once, when the house ran out of matches and the Ihalaynens had nothing to make a fire for cooking coffee so loved by the Finns, Anna-Lisa sent her husband to a neighbor Hyuvyarinen (Sergei Filippov) for matches.
It Can't Be! (1975)
, 1h40Directed by Leonid Gaïdaï
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre
Actors Vyacheslav Nevinny, Mikhail Svetin, Natalya Seleznyova, Leonid Kouravliov, Savely Kramarov, Natalia Kratchkovskaïa
Rating76%
, 1h33Directed by Leonid Gaïdaï
Origin Russie
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comic science fiction
Themes Théâtre, L'usurpation d'identité, Time travel films, Comedy science fiction films, Films based on plays, Escroquerie
Actors Yury Yakovlev, Leonid Kouravliov, Alexandre Demianenko, Natalya Seleznyova, Vladimir Etouch, Natalia Kratchkovskaïa
Rating81%
The story begins in 1973 Moscow, where Engineer Aleksandr (Shurik) Timofeev (Aleksandr Demyanenko) is working on a time machine in his apartment. By accident, he sends Ivan Vasilevich Bunsha (Yuri Yakovlev), superintendent of his apartment building, and George Miloslavsky (Leonid Kuravlev), a small-time burglar, back into the time of Ivan IV "The Terrible". The pair is forced to disguise themselves, with Bunsha dressing up as Ivan IV and Miloslavsky as a knyaz of the same name. At the same time, the real Ivan IV (also played by Yuri Yakovlev) is sent by the same machine into Shurik's apartment, he has to deal with modern-day life while Shurik tries to fix the machine so that everyone can be brought back to their proper place in time. Superintendent Bunsha and Tzar Ivan IV the Terrible are lookalikes but have completely different personalities, which results in funny situations of mistaken identity. As the police (tipped off by a neighbor who was burgled by Miloslavsky) close in on Shurik, who is frantically trying to repair the machine, the cover of Bunsha and Miloslavsky is blown and they have to fight off the Streltsy, who have figured out that Bunsha is an impostor. The movie ends with Bunsha, Miloslavsky, and Ivan IV all transported back to their proper places, although the entire episode is revealed to be a dream by Shurik.
12 Chairs (1971)
, 2h41Directed by Leonid Gaïdaï
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Archil Mikhaylovich Gomiashvili, Leonid Gaïdaï, Sergueï Filippov, Yuri Nikulin, Natalia Kratchkovskaïa, Natalia Varley
Rating81%
Un ancien aristocrate, Ippolit Vorobyaninov, mène une vie misérable dans la Russie soviétique. Sa belle-mère lui révèle un secret : elle a caché des diamants de famille dans l'une des douze chaises qu'ils possédaient. Vorobyaninov, en coopération avec un jeune escroc, Ostap Bender, entame une longue recherche pour retrouver les diamants.
The Diamond Arm (1969)
, 1h34Directed by Leonid Gaïdaï
Origin Russie
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Crime
Actors Yuri Nikulin, Andreï Mironov, Anatoli Papanov, Nonna Mordioukova, Leonid Kanevsky, Svetlana Svetlitchnaïa
Rating82%
The boss of a black market ring (known only as "The Chief") wants to smuggle a batch of jewelry from a foreign state into the Soviet Union by hiding it inside the orthopedic cast of a courier. The Chief sends a minor henchman named Gennadiy Kozodoyev (played by Mironov) to serve as the courier. Kozodoyev travels to Istanbul via a tourist cruise ship. The Turkish co-conspirators do not know what the courier looks like; they only know that he is supposed to say a code word to identify himself. Due to a mix-up, they mistake Kozodoyev's fellow passenger from the cruise ship, the "ordinary Soviet citizen" Semyon Gorbunkov (played by Nikulin) for the courier. They place a cast around his arm and put the contraband jewels inside the cast. Upon the cruise ship's return to the Soviet Union, Gorbunkov lets the police know what happened, and the police captain, who is working undercover as a taxi driver, uses Gorbunkov as bait to catch the criminals. Most of the plot are various attempts of The Chief's inept henchmen, Kozodoyev and Lyolik (played by Papanov), to lure Gorbunkov into a situation where they can quietly, without a wet job, remove the cast and reclaim the contraband jewels. In the meantime, Gorbunkov's wife begins to suspect that he has either been recruited by foreign intelligence, or is having an affair.
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)
, 1h17Directed by Leonid Gaïdaï
Origin Russie
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Actors Alexandre Demianenko, Natalia Varley, Yuri Nikulin, Yevgeny Morgunov, Georgy Vitsin, Vladimir Etouch
Rating82%
A kind, yet naïve, ethnography student named Shurik (Demyanenko), known from earlier films as a student at the Polytechnic Institute, goes to the Caucasus to learn ancient customs and traditions practiced by the locals, including local "myths, legends, and toasts". At the start of the film, Shurik is making his way along a mountain road in the Caucasus on a donkey. He comes upon a truck driver named Edik whose truck refuses to start. The donkey gets stubborn and neither man is able to get his respective mode of transportation going.
, 1h30Directed by Leonid Gaïdaï
Origin Russie
Genres Comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Alexandre Demianenko, Natalya Seleznyova, Yuri Nikulin, Aleksei Smirnov, Vladimir Bassov, Georgy Vitsin
Rating83%
On a bus a boor and drunkard named Fedya takes a seat reserved for children and disabled persons and then refuses to let a young pregnant woman sit claiming that "she is neither a child nor handicapped". Shurik, who is riding on the same bus, puts on a pair of sunglasses, and pretends to be visually impaired. When Fedya is urged to let him sit in his seat, Shurik offers the seat to the pregnant woman. Fedya is enraged at being deceived and gets into a fight with Shurik. As a result, Fedya is arrested and sentenced to 15 days of Community service, Russian administrative arrest or simply '15 sutok' (15 days). Ironically, he is sent to serve his term to the same construction site where Shurik works part-time. The manager puts them on the same work crew. Fedya does not do his work properly, bullies Shurik, and plans to get revenge on the young student. When Shurik finally hits back, the two get involved in a Tom and Jerry-style chase throughout the construction site using building equipment and various materials as weapons. In the end Fedya is subdued and reeducated by Shurik.
Strictly Business (1963)
Directed by Leonid Gaïdaï
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Actors Yuri Nikulin, Georgy Vitsin, Aleksei Smirnov
Rating75%
Bootleggers (1962)
, 19minutesDirected by Leonid Gaïdaï
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Yuri Nikulin, Georgy Vitsin, Yevgeny Morgunov
Rating78%
The trio of Fool, Coward, and Experienced decides to get rich with the help of their samogon-making apparatus. The making of samogon goes well, and towards the end of their "work shift", they decide to try some of their product. During dinner, they think that someone had approached their izba (concealed in woods with a false "nature reserve" sign to deter people). While the trio is distracted, their dog smashes some bottles of samogon. The dog also takes the condenser coil, and while being chased by the trio, leads them to the militsiya.