“You can cut off the credits, but you will always understand that he filmed it”: Leonid Gaidai was born 100 years ago

2023-01-30T05:38:09.459Z

Soviet and Russian director and screenwriter, People's Artist of the USSR Leonid Gaidai was born on January 30, 1923. He became famous thanks to his comedies "Dog Mongrel and an unusual cross", "Operation" Y "and other adventures of Shurik", "Prisoner of the Caucasus, or Shurik's New Adventures", "Diamond Arm", included in the golden fund of Russian cinema. Throughout his career, the director has shot more than two dozen films with the participation of such famous Soviet actors as Yuri Nikulin, Andrei Mironov, Anatoly Papanov, Alexander Demyanenko and Natalya Varley.