Leonid Gaidai
Nascimento : 1923-01-30, Svobodny, Amurskaya guberniya, RSFSR, USSR
Morte : 1993-11-19
História
Leonid I. Gaidai (30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993) was one of the most popular Soviet comedy directors, enjoying immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former USSR and modern Russia. His movies broke theatre attendance records and are still some of the top-selling DVDs in Russia.
When mysterious Russian bandit named Artist came in USA, brave Russian special agent Fyodor Sokolov runs to States for defeat evil master.
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When mysterious Russian bandit named Artist came in USA, brave Russian special agent Fyodor Sokolov runs to States for defeat evil master.
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When mysterious Russian bandit named Artist came in USA, brave Russian special agent Fyodor Sokolov runs to States for defeat evil master.
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The first private enterprises are started in the Soviet Union in the late 80s. A gang of bad guys, owners of a private restroom, kidnap a good guy - owner of a toy store. Private eye Dmitri's first job is to try and free the store owner.
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The first private enterprises are started in the Soviet Union in the late 80s. A gang of bad guys, owners of a private restroom, kidnap a good guy - owner of a toy store. Private eye Dmitri's first job is to try and free the store owner.
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A funny comedy about a very adventurous day in a life of Stepan Molodtsov - a very responsible youn man.
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A funny comedy about a very adventurous day in a life of Stepan Molodtsov - a very responsible youn man.
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Adventurous comedy about a bunch of people hunting the winning lottery ticket.
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Adventurous comedy about a bunch of people hunting the winning lottery ticket.
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In Eastern Finland, in Liperi to be exact, Anna-Liisa Ihalainen asks her husband Antti to get some matches from the Ihalainen household. Unfortunately that trip takes a little longer than expected...
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In Eastern Finland, in Liperi to be exact, Anna-Liisa Ihalainen asks her husband Antti to get some matches from the Ihalainen household. Unfortunately that trip takes a little longer than expected...
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An omnibus of comical shorts.
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A comedy based on a classic play 'Revizor' by Nikolai Gogol.
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A comedy based on a classic play 'Revizor' by Nikolai Gogol.
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The film includes three short stories based on the stories of Mikhail Zoshchenko:
"Crime and Punishment", "Fun Adventure", and "Wedding Event" about the negative phenomena of the provincial life of the young country of the Soviets:
stupidity, drunkenness, money-grubbing, lack of spirituality.
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The film includes three short stories based on the stories of Mikhail Zoshchenko:
"Crime and Punishment", "Fun Adventure", and "Wedding Event" about the negative phenomena of the provincial life of the young country of the Soviets:
stupidity, drunkenness, money-grubbing, lack of spirituality.
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A scientist builds a time machine and accidentally sends his apartment complex manager and a petty burglar to 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible travels to 1973.
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A scientist builds a time machine and accidentally sends his apartment complex manager and a petty burglar to 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible travels to 1973.
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A former aristocrat Ippolit Vorobyaninov leads a miserable life in Soviet Russia. His mother-in-law reveals a secret to him - she hid family diamonds in one of the twelve chairs they once had. Vorobyaninov in cooperation with a young con artist Ostap Bender start a long search for the diamonds.
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A former aristocrat Ippolit Vorobyaninov leads a miserable life in Soviet Russia. His mother-in-law reveals a secret to him - she hid family diamonds in one of the twelve chairs they once had. Vorobyaninov in cooperation with a young con artist Ostap Bender start a long search for the diamonds.
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A former aristocrat Ippolit Vorobyaninov leads a miserable life in Soviet Russia. His mother-in-law reveals a secret to him - she hid family diamonds in one of the twelve chairs they once had. Vorobyaninov in cooperation with a young con artist Ostap Bender start a long search for the diamonds.
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In the southern town, a gang of "currency traders" is operating, led by the Chief and his assistant Kozodoyev. A modest Soviet clerk and an exemplary family man Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov goes on a foreign cruise on a motor ship, on which Kozodoyev also sailed, who must pick up diamonds in one of the eastern cities and transport them in a plaster hand. But due to a misunderstanding, instead of a swindler, an unsuspecting Gorbunkov falls in the appointed place, and a precious plaster is imposed on him. That's where it all starts...
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In the southern town, a gang of "currency traders" is operating, led by the Chief and his assistant Kozodoyev. A modest Soviet clerk and an exemplary family man Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov goes on a foreign cruise on a motor ship, on which Kozodoyev also sailed, who must pick up diamonds in one of the eastern cities and transport them in a plaster hand. But due to a misunderstanding, instead of a swindler, an unsuspecting Gorbunkov falls in the appointed place, and a precious plaster is imposed on him. That's where it all starts...
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In this comic but dated story, nerdy Shurik travels to Caucas in search of native legends and folklore. But what he finds is a beautiful girl whom, due to intoxication and deceit of the local "gang", he ends up literally stealing for the local deceitful governor. All the time Shurik thinks that it is all just a one old Caucasian custom. When he, finally, realizes what he did he goes out in search for the girl of his dreams. Written by Ptah Hoteb
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In this comic but dated story, nerdy Shurik travels to Caucas in search of native legends and folklore. But what he finds is a beautiful girl whom, due to intoxication and deceit of the local "gang", he ends up literally stealing for the local deceitful governor. All the time Shurik thinks that it is all just a one old Caucasian custom. When he, finally, realizes what he did he goes out in search for the girl of his dreams. Written by Ptah Hoteb
convict (uncredited)
São 3 episódios sobre Shurika, um estudante nerd. 1º - "Naparnik" ("Parceiro"). Shurika tem uma luta em um ônibus com um valentão chamado Fedya porque este não queria dar o lugar reservado para uma mulher grávida. Fedya é punido com trabalho comunitário num canteiro de obras onde Shurika trabalha em tempo parcial. Naturalmente, Fedya quer vingança. 2º - "Navazhdenie" ("Impressão Estranha"). É hora do exame final. Shurika está muito ocupado tentando encontrar material para estudar. De repente percebe o material necessário nas mãos de alguém. Segue essa pessoa pela cidade, por todos os lugares, tentando ler sobre o ombro. 3º - "Operatsiya Y" ("Operação Y"). Um diretor de depósito, tentando encobrir desfalques em seu estoque, contrata três criminosos para simular um roubo. Na noite da Operação "Y", a velha senhora que guarda o depósito pediu a seu inquilino, que obviamente é o Shurika, para substitui-la no serviço de guarda.
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Student Shurik has just two hours before the beginning of the exam and he has no lectures notes
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Student Shurik has just two hours before the beginning of the exam and he has no lectures notes
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São 3 episódios sobre Shurika, um estudante nerd. 1º - "Naparnik" ("Parceiro"). Shurika tem uma luta em um ônibus com um valentão chamado Fedya porque este não queria dar o lugar reservado para uma mulher grávida. Fedya é punido com trabalho comunitário num canteiro de obras onde Shurika trabalha em tempo parcial. Naturalmente, Fedya quer vingança. 2º - "Navazhdenie" ("Impressão Estranha"). É hora do exame final. Shurika está muito ocupado tentando encontrar material para estudar. De repente percebe o material necessário nas mãos de alguém. Segue essa pessoa pela cidade, por todos os lugares, tentando ler sobre o ombro. 3º - "Operatsiya Y" ("Operação Y"). Um diretor de depósito, tentando encobrir desfalques em seu estoque, contrata três criminosos para simular um roubo. Na noite da Operação "Y", a velha senhora que guarda o depósito pediu a seu inquilino, que obviamente é o Shurika, para substitui-la no serviço de guarda.
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São 3 episódios sobre Shurika, um estudante nerd. 1º - "Naparnik" ("Parceiro"). Shurika tem uma luta em um ônibus com um valentão chamado Fedya porque este não queria dar o lugar reservado para uma mulher grávida. Fedya é punido com trabalho comunitário num canteiro de obras onde Shurika trabalha em tempo parcial. Naturalmente, Fedya quer vingança. 2º - "Navazhdenie" ("Impressão Estranha"). É hora do exame final. Shurika está muito ocupado tentando encontrar material para estudar. De repente percebe o material necessário nas mãos de alguém. Segue essa pessoa pela cidade, por todos os lugares, tentando ler sobre o ombro. 3º - "Operatsiya Y" ("Operação Y"). Um diretor de depósito, tentando encobrir desfalques em seu estoque, contrata três criminosos para simular um roubo. Na noite da Operação "Y", a velha senhora que guarda o depósito pediu a seu inquilino, que obviamente é o Shurika, para substitui-la no serviço de guarda.
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Three stories based on O. Henry novels.
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Three stories based on O. Henry novels.
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This is the second silent (save for a song) slapstick comedy short about adventures of Worldly, Coward, and Fool. In a small hunting lodge three friends are making illegal moonshine. Bottled "product" fills shelves quickly. Life is good. But their dog Barbos doesn't understand that bringing a moonshine condenser coil to a police station is a bad idea...
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This is the second silent (save for a song) slapstick comedy short about adventures of Worldly, Coward, and Fool. In a small hunting lodge three friends are making illegal moonshine. Bottled "product" fills shelves quickly. Life is good. But their dog Barbos doesn't understand that bringing a moonshine condenser coil to a police station is a bad idea...
Screenplay
This is the very first silent slapstick comedy short about adventures of Worldly, Coward, and Fool. What's more fun: fishing with worms, or dynamite? Three friends decided to have a blast! Unfortunately their dog Barbos just loves playing fetch. And this time that stick was used for blast fishing. Barbos saw people throwing a smoking stick in a water, and fetched it right back to his owners. The "unusual cross" part begins when owners try to outrun the dog with dynamite.
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This is the very first silent slapstick comedy short about adventures of Worldly, Coward, and Fool. What's more fun: fishing with worms, or dynamite? Three friends decided to have a blast! Unfortunately their dog Barbos just loves playing fetch. And this time that stick was used for blast fishing. Barbos saw people throwing a smoking stick in a water, and fetched it right back to his owners. The "unusual cross" part begins when owners try to outrun the dog with dynamite.
Izobretatel (uncredited)
In 1919, on the tow boat Komsomol went to beat the whites. During the Second World War, during the heroic battle on the Volga on this boat were transporting wounded soldiers and children
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In 1919, on the tow boat Komsomol went to beat the whites. During the Second World War, during the heroic battle on the Volga on this boat were transporting wounded soldiers and children
Закревский
Filmed in the context of the fortieth anniversary of the creation of the Komsomols, the League of Young Communists, tells the story of three youth delegates from the League in 1918, who must make the dangerous journey to Moscow during the civil war to participate in League’s congress.
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Semyon Danilovich Petukhov was very surprised to found upon returning from vacation that he was declared dead and... buried.
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Alyosha
A group of Moldavian folk musicians compete for the top Soviet prize. Singer Lyana loves the flautist, but he's fallen afoul of the group leader.
