Background
Riazanov, Eldar was born on November 18, 1927.
Riazanov, Eldar was born on November 18, 1927.
Pupil of Grigorii Kozintsev and Sergei Eisenstein.
In 1944, entered the Directors’ Faculty of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. One of the best comedy-makers in the Soviet Union. Carnival Night, made in 1956, starring Liudmila Gurchenko, became a Soviet classic.
Other films: The Girl Without an Address, 1957. How Robinson Was Created, 1961. The Hussar Ballad, 1962, The Zigzag of Success, 1968.
The Old Rascals, 1971. The Amazing Adventures of Italians in Russia (Soviet-Italian co-production, Dino De Laurentis, 1973). The Irony of Fate, 1975.
People’s Artist of the RSFSR, 1974.
