Eldar Ryazanov
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Born in Samara and raised in Moscow after his parents’ separation, Ryazanov entered the Soviet film world in the early 1950s, initially directing documentaries before being urged by the influential producer Ivan Pyryev to try comedy; his acceptance of this challenge led to the breakthrough film Carnival Night (1955). Over the following decades he crafted a string of beloved tragicomic classics-…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
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Filmography
Also behind the camera
The films and series they directed.