Ngesikhathi umfana esencane kakhulu, i-biography kaLeonid Gaidai yiyokuqala - umndeni wakhe wathuthela eCita. Bese base-Irkutsk, bese behlala emzaneni waseGlazkovo. Njengengane, i-biography kaGaidai yahambisana nezindaba zezingane eziningi zasemzaneni. Babephila kabi, bezama ukuthola okungenani izinkukhu. Kodwa-ke, uyise kaLeonidis wayehlale ezwa amahlaya futhi engakaze ashiye.
Uma sikhuluma ngezifundo, i-biography kaGaidai isitshela ukuthi ngemva kwesikole wangena esikoleni sesitimela. Kwakudingeka akwenze lokhu ukusiza umndeni. Nakuba, kusukela ebuntwaneni, uLeonid wayethanda ama-movie. NgeSonto wayehamba njalo e-cinema, ebuka amafilimu ngoChapaev. Yiqiniso, lo mfana wayengenayo imali eningi, ngakho phakathi kweseshini wafihla ngaphansi kwezihlalo ukuze afike ekubukeni okulandelayo.
UGaidai waphela isikole ngaphambi nje kwempi. Yiqiniso, njengabantwana abaningi beminyaka yobudala, wayefuna ukungena empini ngokuzithandela, kodwa abazange bathathe umfana, ethi kudingeka adinde kancane. Ngakho-ke, uGaidai waqala ukusebenza emidlalo yaseshashalazini yase-Irkutsk. Ngaleso sikhathi ekuvakasheni e-Irkutsk kwakuyi-theatre yaseMoscow yokuqothulwa. ULeonid wayenenhlanhla ukubona abantu abanjalo njengoHenkin, Lepko, Paul, Doronin, Slonova, Tusuzov. Ngenxa yezenzo zempi, le midlalo yaseshashalazini yahlala e-Irkutsk. I-Gaidai yahamba nabo ekuvakasheni, ibukele konke okwenzayo futhi nsuku zonke okuningi nokuningi kwathinteka nesifiso sokuzinikela emidlalo yaseshashalazini kanye ne-cinema. Yena ngokwakhe wadlala ngokudlala amateur eNdlu yeMasiko futhi abaningi baphawula ukuthi lo mfana unethalente.
Ngo-1942, uGaidai wajoyina ibutho. Ekuqaleni, wakhonza eMongolia, kodwa wayekholelwa ukuthi kwakungalungile futhi kunamahloni. Umqondisi wekusasa wayefuna ukuvikela izwe lakubo. Lapho ingxenye yamasosha ifika ngaphambili, uGaidai waphuthuma kuwo wonke amabutho futhi yonke imibuzo yaphendulwa yi "I". Kwakungumzuzu, okwakushintshwa kuphela, kamuva wangena kwifilimu ethi "Operation Y", lapho iphoyisa libiza indawo yokusebenza futhi licela ukumnika uhlu lonke.
Ngaphambili ngaphambili, uGaidai wayevame ukuya emuva kwesitha futhi athathe ulimi lwakhe. Wanikezwa izindondo eziningana. Lo muntu ubelokhu engesabi futhi enesibindi. Ubenamanxeba ambalwa, kumele aphucwe umlenze wakhe, kodwa uLeonid usuvele wazibonela njengomdlali futhi walwa kuze kube sekugcineni ukuze aphulukiswe ngaphandle kokukhishwa. Wahlala isikhathi eside ezibhedlela, wahlupheka kakhulu. Ekugcineni, uGaidai wayelokhu ebeka izinyawo zakhe, kepha, okwamanje, ukulimala kwaphendula impilo yakhe yonke impilo yakhe.
Ngemuva kwempi, uLeonid wabuyela e-Irkutsk. Iminyaka emibili ayidlala endaweni yaseshashalazini yendawo futhi yaba yimpumelelo. Kodwa uLeonid wayezihlambalaza futhi wazi ukuthi impumelelo yakhe ayikho into. Ngakho-ke, ngo-1949 uGaidai waya eMoscow. Akazange athi le ncwadi "p", wayengumuntu osemncane kakhulu futhi ozolile. Kodwa, noma kunjalo, ithalenta lakhe lakwazi ukushaya ikomidi lokungena le-VGIK. Yonke iminyaka yokufundisa othisha ihlonishwa uGaydai. Babethanda ukuhleka kwehla, ukukwazi ukudlala izindima ezihlukahlukene zokuhlukunyezwa. UGaidai wayenethalente lemvelo. Kodwa, ekuqaleni, ngenxa yamahlaya, waxoshwa esikhungweni semfundo ngokuba engafanele umsebenzi. Kodwa-ke, lo mfana angase akhombise ukuphatha futhi abuyisele, ngenkathi ebeka isikhathi sokuhlola.
Ngenkathi efunda kuVGIK, uGaydai wahlangana nowesifazane owayehlala naye ndawonye. KwakunguNina Grebeshkova. Wayengaphansi kukaGaidai iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili futhi wayenamahloni kakhulu kule nsizwa eyayibonile okuningi empilweni futhi idlula phambili. Ngakho-ke, naye, wayehlala ephazamisekile, ephaphathekile futhi engazi ukuthi kufanele asho ukuthini. Ngokushesha bashada, baqasha igumbi, babe nendodakazi u-Oksana. Yiqiniso, uLeonid wacasulwa isikhathi eside ngoba umkakhe wayengafuni ukuthatha igama lakhe. Kodwa, nokho, wayesezivumelanisa nalokhu futhi wamthanda uNine kuze kube usuku lokugcina.
Ku-movie, i-Gaidai iqale ukuqopha kuma-50. Wadlala kumafilimu ethi "Liang" no "Wind". Kodwa emva kwalokhu uGaidai waqaphela ukuthi angakufuni ukudlala, kodwa ukuqondisa. Kusukela ngo-1955, uLeonid Gaidai usevele wabhalwa njengomunye wabaqondisi bakaMosfilm. Ngokushesha wabona ithalenta yomqondisi we-comedic, naphezu kokuthi ifilimu yakhe yokuqala yayingeyinkimbinkimbi. Amafilimu wokuqala we-Gaidai ayengathandwa kakhulu. Into ethi uGaidai akafuni ukudubula into okufanele iziphathimandla zizithande. Wayefuna ukuhleka izinkinga zomphakathi. Izikhulu zithatha izithombe zakhe ngenzondo. Lapho ezama ukudubula amanoveli anesibindi, wabona ukuthi akakwazi ukusebenza kulolu hlobo. Kwase kwesikhashana, uGaidai wayekhathazekile kakhulu ngalokhu, kodwa ke inhlanhla yamomotheka kuye. Konke kwenzeka lapho uLeonid enquma ukuya kubazali bakhe e-Irkutsk. Lapho, wathola ngephutha i-feuilleton ethi "Inja yeBarbos". Nguye owaba isisekelo sefilimu ethi "Inja Yomgcini Wezingqapheli noMnqamulaqoqo Ongavamile". I-Gaidai ithola okuthile okuthakazelisayo nokuhlekisayo izethameli - wavula ubuntshonalanga obuhle kakhulu: Coward, Balbes, Experienced. Emva kwalokho, ukuthandwa kukaGaidai kwaqala ukukhula ngokoqobo phambi kwamehlo ethu. Wenza amafilimu bonke abantu baseSoviet bahleka, ngisho nalabo ababephethe isikhundla esiphakeme. UGaidai waba omunye wabaqondisi abathandekayo kakhulu endaweni yaseSoviet. I-Gaidai ibhekwe njengenkosi yamahlaya. Kodwa eminyakeni yokugcina yokuphila kwakhe wayengasekho othandwayo. Amafilimu akhe e-perestroika ayengenayo injabulo njengalezo zangaphambili. Kodwa-ke, uGaydai wahlala ejabule, njengoba kwakunomfazi oseduze ongakaze amshiye. Wayejabule, engahambisani nokuphila, uNina wayekuqonda lokhu, wayelokhu ewasiza futhi esekela. Ube naye kuze kube yilapho egcina ukuphefumula, ngoNovemba yesithathu, ngo-1993, uGaydai ushone ngenxa yokuthi i-clot emaphashini yavela.