Leonid Iowitsch Gaidai

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Leonid Gaidai (1942)

Leonid Iowitsch Gaidai ( Russian Леонид Иович Гайдай ; born January 30, 1923 in Swobodny ( Amur Oblast ); † November 19, 1993 in Moscow ) was a Russian (formerly Soviet) director and screenwriter . He became famous through films like Abduction in the Caucasus , 12 Chairs or Operation “Y” and other Shurik adventures .

Life

Leonid Gaidai was born in Svobodny in 1923 as the third child of a railroad worker. His father Iow Isidorowitsch Gaidai was originally from Ukraine , but had been exiled to Siberia . His mother, Maria Ivanovna Lubimowa, was originally from Ryazan . His parents moved to Irkutsk with Leonid Gaidai in 1930 . After graduating from school, he was drafted into the Red Army in 1941 and, because of his knowledge of German, took part in the Second World War as part of the reconnaissance . In 1943 he was seriously injured by a mine explosion and was permanently disabled.

Leonid Gaidai first learned acting at a theater in Irkutsk from 1947 and was an actor at the theater until 1949. In 1949, Gaidai began studying at the WGIK film school in Moscow and graduated in 1955. He became an assistant director for Valentin Newsorow's 1956 film "Dolgi put" (German: "And everything drifts away from the snow" / "The long way"). His own films made in the 1950s were not particularly successful.

In the 1960s, Leonid Gaidai began making comedies with Juri Nikulin , Viktor Pavlov , Georgi Wizin , Evgeni Morgunow and Alexander Demyanenko, which became the most successful films in the Soviet Union with 222,800,000 viewers in the first 15 months . His film “ Brilliantowaja ruka ” (German: The Diamond Arm ) from 1968 was voted best comedy film in a 1995 survey in Russia.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Gaidai shot with the most recognized comedians in Soviet cinema such as Yuri Yakovlev . Even after the onset of perestroika , Gaidai's films were among the most successful films in Soviet cinema. The video versions of his films remained popular even after the collapse of the Soviet Union .

In 1989 he was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR .

Filmography

As a director (selection)

  • 1957: The long way ( Dolgi put )
  • 1965: Operation "Y" and other adventures of Shurik ( Operazija Y i drugije prikljutschenija Shurika )
  • 1967: Kidnapping in the Caucasus ( Kawkasskaja plennitsa, ili Novyje prikljutschenija Shurika )
  • 1969: The diamond arm ( Brilliantowaja ruka )
  • 1971: 12 chairs ( 12 stuljew )
  • 1973: Iwan Wassiljewitsch changes his job ( Iwan Wassiljewitsch menjajet professiju )
  • 1976: That can't be true! ( Ne moschet byt! )
  • 1983: Sportloto-82

As screenwriter (selection)

  • 1969: The diamond arm ( Brilliantowaja ruka )
  • 1983: Sportloto-82
  • 1992: Na Deribassowskoi choroschaja pogoda, ili na Braiton Bitsch opjat idut doschdi

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personal data
SURNAME Gaidai, Leonid Iowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gaidai, Leonid Iovich; Гайдай, Леонид Иович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian and Soviet director
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Svobodny (Amur Oblast)
DATE OF DEATH November 19, 1993
Place of death Moscow