Pamene mnyamatayo anali wamng'ono kwambiri, biography ya Leonid Gaidai ndiye kusuntha koyamba - banja lake anasamukira ku Chita. Kenaka iwo anali ku Irkutsk, kenako kumudzi wa Glazkovo. Ali mwana, bidii ya Gaidai inagwirizana ndi nkhani za ana ambiri ammudzi. Iwo ankakhala mosauka, kuyesera kupeza nkhuku. Koma, komabe, bambo ake a Leonid nthawi zonse anali ndi chisangalalo ndipo sanasiye.
Ngati tikamba za maphunziro, nkhani ya Gaidai imatiuza kuti atapita sukulu adalowa sukulu ya sitima. Anayenera kuchita izi kuti athandize banja. Ngakhale, kuyambira ali mwana, Leonid ankakonda mafilimu. Lamlungu nthawi zonse ankapita ku cinema, kukaonera mafilimu pa Chapaev. Inde, mnyamatayo analibe ndalama zambiri, choncho pakati pa magawo anabisala pansi pa mipando kuti apite kuwona.
Gaidai anamaliza sukulu nkhondo isanayambe. Inde, monga ana ambiri a msinkhu wake, iye ankafuna kulowa usilikali mwaufulu, koma iwo sanam'tenge mnyamatayo, akunena kuti ayenera kuyembekezera pang'ono. Choncho, Gaidai anayamba kugwira ntchito muholo ya Irkutsk. Panthawi imeneyo paulendo ku Irkutsk panali malo osungirako zachiwerewere ku Moscow. Leonid anali ndi mwayi wowona anthu otchuka monga Henkin, Lepko, Paul, Doronin, Slonova, Tusuzov. Chifukwa cha zankhondo, malo owonetserako maseŵera anakhalabe ku Irkutsk. Gaidai ankayenda nawo paulendo, adawonerera mawonedwe onse ndipo tsiku ndi tsiku ambiri anayamba kukhala ndi chilakolako chodzipereka yekha ku zisudzo ndi ma cinema. Iye mwini adachita masewera a amishonale ku Nyumba ya Chikhalidwe ndipo ambiri adanena kuti mnyamatayu ali ndi luso.
Mu 1942, Gaidai adalowanso usilikali. Poyamba, anatumikira ku Mongolia, koma ankakhulupirira kuti kunali kolakwika komanso kochititsa manyazi. Mtsogoleri wotsatira ankafuna kuteteza dziko lake. Pamene gulu la asilikali linabwera kutsogolo, Gaidai anathamangira kwa asilikali onse ndipo mafunso onse adayankhidwa ndi "I". Iyi inali nthawi yomweyi, inasinthidwa, kenaka adaikidwa mu filimuyo "Operation Y", pamene wapolisi amaitcha malo oti agwire ntchito ndikupempha kuti amupatse mndandanda wonsewo.
Kamodzi kutsogolo, Gaidai nthawi zambiri anapita kumbuyo kwa mdani ndipo anatenga lilime lake. Anapatsidwa ndondomeko zingapo. Munthu uyu wakhalabe wopanda mantha ndi wolimba mtima. Anali ndi mabala angapo a zipolopolo, akanayenera kumudula mwendo wake, koma Leonid adadziwonera yekha ngati woyimba ndipo adamenyana kuti amalize kuchiritsidwa popanda kuponyedwa. Anakhala nthawi yaitali m'chipatala, ndipo anavutika kwambiri. Pamapeto pake, Gaidai adayimabe, koma, ngakhale, kuvulala kunayankha ku thanzi lake moyo wake wonse.
Nkhondo itatha, Leonid anabwerera kwawo ku Irkutsk. Miyezi iwiri iye adasewera kuwonetserako masewerawo ndipo anali wopambana. Koma Leonid anali kudzidzimva yekha ndipo anamvetsa kuti kupambana kwake kulibe kanthu. Kotero, mu 1949 Gaidai anapita ku Moscow. Iye sananene kuti "p", anali mnyamata wodzichepetsa komanso wodekha. Koma, talente yake inatha kugunda komiti yovomerezeka ya VGIK. Zaka zonse zophunzitsa aphunzitsi zimakondwera Gaydai. Iwo ankakonda kusangalala, kumatha kusewera maudindo osiyanasiyana. Gaidai anali ndi luso lachirengedwe. Koma, pachiyambi pomwe, chifukwa cha nthabwala, adachotsedwa ku bungwe la maphunziro kuti asakhale woyenera ntchito. Komabe, mnyamatayu amatha kukopa kayendetsedwe ka kayendedwe ka boma ndikubwezeretsa, ndikuika nthawi yofufuza.
Pamene akuphunzira ku VGIK, Gaydai anakumana ndi mkaziyo amene adakhala naye limodzi. Anali Nina Grebeshkova. Iye anali wamng'ono kuposa Gaidai kwa zaka zisanu ndi zitatu ndipo anali wamanyazi kwambiri mnyamatayo yemwe adawona zambiri pa moyo ndipo adadutsa patsogolo. Kotero, ndi iye, iye ankangolankhula momasuka, atasintha ndipo sankadziwa choti anganene. Posakhalitsa anakwatirana, anabwereka chipinda, anabala mwana wamkazi Oksana. Zoona, Leonid anakhumudwa kwa nthawi yaitali chifukwa mkazi wake sanafune kutchula dzina lake. Koma, komatu, adadzipatulira pa izi ndipo adamukonda Nina kufikira tsiku lomaliza.
Mu filimuyi, Gaidai anayamba kujambula m'ma 50. Anasewera m'mafilimu "Liang" ndi "Wind". Koma pambuyo pake Gaidai anazindikira kuti sakanafuna kusewera, koma kuti azitsogolera. Kuyambira mu 1955, Leonid Gaidai adatchulidwa kale ngati mmodzi wa oyang'anira a Mosfilm. Nthawi yomweyo adawona talente ya mkulu wa comedic, ngakhale kuti filimu yake yoyamba sinali yowonetsera. Mafilimu oyambirira a Gaidai sanali otchuka kwambiri. Chinthucho ndi chakuti Gaidai sanafune kuwombera chinachake chimene akuluakulu a boma akufuna. Ankafuna kuseka mavuto a anthu. Akuluakulu adatenga zithunzi zake ndi chidani. Pamene adayesa kuwombera mabuku okhwima, adazindikira kuti sangathe kugwira ntchitoyi. Kwa kanthawi, Gaidai anali wodandaula kwambiri ndi izi, koma kenaka anamwetulira. Chilichonse chinachitika pamene Leonid anaganiza zopita kwa makolo ake ku Irkutsk. Kumeneko anapeza mosavuta feuilleton "The Dog of Barbos". Iye ndiye amene adakhala maziko a filimuyo "Galu wa Walonda ndi Mtanda Wodabwitsa". Gaidai adapeza chinthu chomwe chimakondweretsa omvera - ndipo anatsegula utatu wokongola: Coward, Balbes, Experiences. Pambuyo pake, kutchuka kwa Gaidai kunayamba kukula ndithu pamaso pathu. Anapanga mafilimu omwe anthu onse a Soviet anaseka, ngakhale omwe anali ndi udindo wapamwamba. Gaidai anakhala mmodzi mwa alangizi okondedwa kwambiri a Soviet malo. Gaidai adadziwidwa ngati mbuye wamaseŵera. Koma m'zaka zomaliza za moyo wake sadali wotchuka. Mafilimu ake omwe sankachita nawo chidwi anali osangalatsa kwambiri. Koma, Komabe, Gaydai anakhalabe wokondwa, popeza panali mkazi wapafupi amene sanamusiye. Iye anali wokondwa, osasinthidwa kuti akhale ndi moyo, Nina anamvetsa izi, nthawizonse anathandiza ndi kuthandizira. Anali ndi iye kufikira atapuma, pa November 13, 1993, Gaydai anamwalira chifukwa chovalacho chinachoka.