Director Leonid Gayday. Best movies, biography, children

Rare filmmakers manage to make films thatI want to revise it repeatedly. This property is possessed by virtually all the paintings that the talented Leonid Gaidai created. Unfortunately, the master passed away 22 years ago, his death was the result of thromboembolism of the pulmonary artery. But the tapes, over the filming of which he worked, manage to remain relevant, no matter how many years have passed.

Leonid Gaidai: biography of the star

The famous director was born in 1923,his homeland was the city of Svobodny. Leonid Gaidai is not the only child of his parents, he had a brother and sister. Children's days the stars passed in Irkutsk, where the family moved soon after his birth, it was there that he received a secondary education. The profession of the director's father is connected with the railway, the mother was engaged in farming and children.

At the front, the 18-year-old Leonid Gaidai was inthe first year of the Great Patriotic War, his service was awarded an honorary award "For Military Merit". In one of the battles, the young man was seriously wounded, as a result of which he was released from further participation in hostilities.

The wound received in the war negatively affectedhealth of the future celebrity. However, this did not prevent the director's department of VGIK from acquiring in 1949 a student such as Leonid Gaidai. The biography of the master also contains a mention of his two-year teaching at the Irkutsk theater school.

How it all began

The first work of the maestro was the drama "The Long Path"filmed in 1956. In the center of the story is the story of the stationmaster, who is in exile in an abandoned Siberian village. At the station, a political exile is passing through, in which the main character finds out his former bride. The story is taken by Gaydai from the stories of Vladimir Korolenko. The picture remained unnoticed by the public.

Only in 1961 thanks to the painting "The Dog of Barbosand an unusual cross "the audience learns about the existence of such a talented director as Leonid Gaidai. Films, in which the famous trio, including the Experienced, the Balbes and the Coward, participate, have since enjoyed immense popularity.

To consolidate the success of the master helps emerging in 1962year tape "Business people", the plot of which lies the story of the writer O. Henry. The picture, which includes three novels, gives viewers an abundance of vivid quotes. For example, you can recall the phrase "Bolivar two can not stand."

The best movies of the 60's

Leonid Gaidai does not stop there,creating in 1965 a cult story about the misadventures of an amusing student. The first part of Operation Y and other adventures of Shurik tells about the re-education of a parasite and an alcoholic who accidentally became a partner of an intelligent spectacle. The plot of the second novel revolves around an unusual acquaintance with the girl. The third is marked by the return of the famous trio in the performance of Morgunov, Nikulin and Vicin. The bandits are planning a robbery of the warehouse, which Shurik must protect from them. It is interesting that in the first part the episodic role is played by Gaidai himself.

The public again meets Shurik already in 1967year, when the famous "Caucasian Captive" comes out on the screens. Leonid Gaidai, whose films had previously been attacked by censors, managed to achieve the show of this comedy only thanks to Brezhnev's personal intervention. The action develops in the Caucasus conditions of those years, where the ancient customs still have force. Student-glasses, not having understood the situation, helps the bandits steal a girl, whom the local boss wants to marry.

One can not help recalling such a masterpiece as "The Diamond Arm", the picture was published in 1968. The film is interesting because Yuri Nikulin tries on an atypical image of an exemplary family man.

Best directing work of the 70's-80's

In 1971, comedy "12 chairs" was released, whichcritics and spectators recognize the most fascinating adaptation of the eponymous work. The director is not mistaken, entrusting the main role to an unknown actor who came from Tbilisi, who literally falls in love with the public. The comedy "Ivan Vasilievich changes profession", published in 1973, is still being revised by many people on New Year's holidays.

Another bright film by Gaidai is Sportloto 82,comedy was filmed in 1982. In the center of the plot is the search for a lost lottery ticket, which happened to be a winning one. Some are looking for him to return to the legal owner, others are dreaming of appropriating the winnings.

The last picture for the director was hiswork "At Deribasovskaya good weather", released in 1992. The tape, like the previous works of the director, generously provides spectators with vivid expressions and gives moments of laughter.

Gaidai's family

Spouse of the star of the national cinema to hisdeath was the actress Nina Grebenshchikova, with whom he lived more than 40 years. The only child of the couple was a girl named Oksana, who was born during her parents' studies in VGIK. Leonid Gaidai's daughter chose for herself a profession not related to creativity, she works as an economist. There is a famous director and granddaughter, who was named Olga.

Fans of the master of Russian cinema can remember about it, having reconsidered the best works.