A photography exhibition dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of director Leonid Gaidai will open in Moscow. It has been reported TASS With reference to Alexander Kibovsky, head of the Department of Culture.
The exhibition will be held on Strastnoy Boulevard from August 26 to September 12. The event will reveal the theme of Gaidai’s creative path, youth and life at the front. Unique photographic material from the personal archive of the director’s family will be featured.
A separate section of the exhibition will be devoted to Gaidai’s work, from The Long Way’s directorial debut to the final film Good Weather on Deribasovskaya or It’s Raining Again on Brighton Beach.
Also in the exhibition are Gaidai’s Dog Watchdog and moment An Unusual Terrain, Moonshine, Operation Y, Caucasian Prisoner, Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Profession, It Can’t Be! Cards from his comedies will also be shown. There will be special QR codes leading to the sections in the photo booths.
“Leonid Gaidai’s films surpassed both the author and the time, crossed both language and age limits, and there is not one person among us who is not familiar with Gaidai’s films and would not use the slogans of the movie heroes in their speech,” the source culture department noted.
Previously actress Lyudmila Chursina recalled how she refused to shoot in Hollywood.