Leonid Gaidai
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The Prison That Never Was: Inside Leonid Gaidai’s Lost Sequel to ‘Kidnapping, Caucasian Style’
A rare archival photograph from the late 1960s captures a screen test for Leonid Gaidai’s unrealized sequel, which would have placed Coward, Fool, Pro, and Comrade Saakhov inside a highly satirical Soviet prison.
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Behind the Frame: Leonid Gaidai Directing a Black Cat on the Set of ‘Ivan Vasilievich’ (1972)
Crouched low on a Mosfilm soundstage in 1972, director Leonid Gaidai personally launches a black cat into the camera frame, revealing the hands-on perfectionism behind the timeless comedy ‘Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession’.