Aleksandr Ivanovich Sery (russian: Александр Иванович Серый; 27 October 1927 – 16 October 1987) was a

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and

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n film director, known for directing the 1971 comedy film '' Gentlemen of Fortune''. Upon directing ''Gentlemen of Fortune'', Sery had just come out of prison.

Georgiy Daneliya Georgiy Nikolayevich Daneliya ( ka, გიორგი ნიკოლოზის ძე დანელია; russian: Георгий Николаевич Данелия; 25 August 1930 – 4 April 2019), also known as Giya Daneliya ( ka, გ� ...

assisted him and wrote the script. Sery used his prison experience to design many situations in the movie, and he also introduced numerous expressions from Russian criminal slang (known as ''

fenya Fenya ( rus, феня, p=ˈfʲenʲə) or fen'ka ( rus, фенька, p=ˈfʲenʲkə) is a Russian cant language used among criminals. In modern Russian language it is also referred to as blatnoy language (), where "blatnoy" is a slang expression ...

''). During filming, it was discovered that he was ill with

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, which grew worse and worse during his life. On 16 October 1987, eleven days before his 60th birthday, he committed suicide by a gunshot.

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* 1927 births 1987 suicides High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors alumni Moscow Aviation Institute alumni Russian film directors Soviet film directors Suicides by firearm in Russia Suicides by firearm in the Soviet Union {{Russia-film-director-stub