Directing
Leonid Gaidai
- Titles
- 26movies2TV shows
- Career
Active from 1954 to 1993, busiest in 1962 with 3 main titles.
- Directed
- 25titles as director
- Average score
70/100
- Highest rated
Obsession89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Physical Comedy7.1average 2.5
- Situational Comedy6.9average 2.7
- Nostalgia6.8average 3.6
- Historical5.7average 2.6
- Satire & Parody5.2average 2.3
- Absurdist Humor5.0average 2.0
- Wholesome5.7average 3.3
- Wit & Wordplay5.3average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Psychological3.0, average 5.6
- Melancholy2.5, average 4.7
- Pathos3.2, average 5.2
- Violence2.7, average 4.3
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Nostalgic 4
- Classic Soviet Comedy 3
- Slapstick 3
- Physical Humor 3
- Satire 2
- Short Film 2
- Fast-Paced 2
- Soviet Cinema 2
- Witty Dialogue 2
- Crime Comedy 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Aleksandr ZatsepinComposerIvan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession, Kidnapping, Caucasian Style, Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures, The Diamond Arm, For the Matches, +6 more
Georgiy VitsinActorKidnapping, Caucasian Style, Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures, For the Matches, 12 Chairs, Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross, +3 more
Nina GrebeshkovaActorKidnapping, Caucasian Style, The Diamond Arm, SportLotto - 82, 12 Chairs, It Can't Be!, +2 more
Yuriy NikulinActorKidnapping, Caucasian Style, Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures, The Diamond Arm, 12 Chairs, Strictly Business, +2 more
Sergei PoluyanovCinematographerIvan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession, For the Matches, SportLotto - 82, 12 Chairs, It Can't Be!, +2 more
Konstantin BrovinWriterKidnapping, Caucasian Style, Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures, Sovershenno seryozno, Strictly Business, Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross, +1 more- KKlavdiya AleyevaEditorIvan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession, For the Matches, SportLotto - 82, 12 Chairs, Incognito from St.Petersburg, +1 more
Vladlen BakhnovWriterIvan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession, For the Matches, SportLotto - 82, 12 Chairs, It Can't Be!, +1 more
Mikhail PugovkinActorIvan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession, Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures, SportLotto - 82, 12 Chairs, It Can't Be!
Aleksandr DemyanenkoActorIvan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession, Kidnapping, Caucasian Style, Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures, Obsession, Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...
Natalya SeleznyovaActorIvan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession, Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures, It Can't Be!, Obsession, Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...
Moris SlobodskoyWriterKidnapping, Caucasian Style, Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures, The Diamond Arm, Sovershenno seryozno, A Groom from the Right Society
Movies and TV shows
261990s
1 title · average score 59
59
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach (1993)
as Crazy casino player (uncredited)
1980s
5 titles · average score 63
54
Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation (1989)
Director, Writer
Случай на птичьем рынке (1988)
Director
65
Dangerous for Your Life! (1985)
Writer, Director
68
SportLotto - 82 (1982)
Writer, Director
64
For the Matches (1980)
Director, Screenplay
1970s
5 titles · average score 71
61
Incognito from St.Petersburg (1978)
Director, Screenplay
73
It Can't Be! (1975)
Director, Writer
80
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973)
Director, Screenplay
80
12 Chairs (1971)
as Коробейников
1960s
10 titles · average score 74
82
The Diamond Arm (1969)
Director, Writer
79
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)
Writer, Director
79
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
as пятнадцатисуточник, новелла «Напарник»
89
Obsession (1965)
Writer, Director
39
Strictly Business (1963)
Director, Screenplay
76
Bootleggers (1962)
Screenplay, Director
Kindred Spirits (1962)
Director
69
Sovershenno seryozno (1961)
Screenplay, Director
77
Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross (1961)
Director, Screenplay
Thrice Resurrected (1960)
as Izobretatel (uncredited)
1950s
5 titles · average score 66
The Wind (1959)
as Закревский
A Weary Road (1956)
Director
Lyana (1955)
as Alyosha
Darling Friends (1954)
Director