Leonid Gayday films, ranked by your taste

Director · 4 films on Boxlist

Directed by Leonid Gayday

Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
1967 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
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...
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The Diamond Arm
1968 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
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...
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Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
1965 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik (alternative spelling — Shourick), the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets into ludicrous situations...
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Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
1973 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
Shurik Timofeev builds a working model of a time machine. By accident, Ivan Bunsha, an apartment complex manager, and George Miloslavsky, a petty burglar, are transferred to 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible goes into the...
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