Valentin Gaft

Acting

Valentin Gaft

Born — Died

1935-09-02 — 2020-12-12

Place of birth

Moscow, RSFSR, USSR

Known for

Acting

Credits

80 titles

Valentin Yosifovich Gaft was born on September 2, 1935 to Ukrainian parents recently relocated to Moscow. Gaft entered the Moscow Theater School in 1953 at age 18 and made his film debut three years later in Mikhail Romm’s “Murder on Dante Street”. Over a half century of performing Valentine Gaft has been associated with the Mossovet and Leninsky Komsomol Theater troupes and the Sovremennik Theater which Gaft joined in 1969 and where he continues to work to this day. Gaft was named a People’s Artist of the Soviet Union in 1984 and has authored series of highly acidic epigrams satirizing members of the Russian film and theater communities. ----- Content From 12 Presskit http://www.sonyclassi…

Known for

Fuse poster
7.6

Fitil is a popular Soviet/Russian television satirical/comedy short film series which ran for about 500 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called Фитилёк, Fitilyok, Little Fuse. Each issue contained from the few short segments: documentary, fictional and animated ones. Directed by various artists, including Leonid Gaidai who presented his famous trio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov into the cast. It was called in USSR as "the anecdotes from the Soviet government".

Fuse

1962

Nine Unknowns poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Nine Unknowns

2006

The Life of Klim Samgin poster
7.0

The life of the intellectual Samgin, depicted against the backdrop of the grand panorama of Russian life from 1877 to 1917.

The Life of Klim Samgin

1988

The Master and Margarita poster
7.2

The Master and Margarita is a Russian television production of Telekanal Rossiya, based on the novel The Master and Margarita, written by Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov between 1928 and 1940. Vladimir Bortko directed this adaptation and was also its screenwriter.

The Master and Margarita

2005

10 самых... poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

10 самых...

2016

The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa) poster
8.3

Mishka Yaponchik was a Ukrainian gangster, Jewish, lived in Odessa at the beginning of the XX century, the military leader of two thousand of gangsters and the prototype of Benia Krik in The "Odessa Tales" by Soviet Jewish writer Isaak Babel. Born Moisei Vinnitsky, Yaponchik ("the Japanese") was an exceptional and eccentric character. Hailed as the next Robin Hood, he established his own code of conduct forbidding the robbing of the poor and professional classes.

The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa)

2011

Film credits

2010s · 9 titles

Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus poster
4.7

Epic film about WWII, a sequel to Utomlyonnye solntsem (1994). Evil Stalin is terrorizing people of Russia while the Nazis are advancing. Russian officer Kotov, who miraculously survived the death sentence in Stalin's Purge, is now fighting in the front-lines. His daughter, Nadia, who survived a rape attempt by Nazi soldiers, is now a nurse risking her own life to save others. In the war-torn nation even former enemies are fighting together to defend their land. People stand up united for the sake of victory. Written by Steve Shelokhonov

Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus

2010

Wings poster
3.8

A few weeks before the Super Wings Championship Airshow, a fortuitous accident gives Ace (Josh Duhamel, Transformers), a young fighter plane, the chance to follow his dreams and compete in the tournament. But in order to stand a chance against Cyclone (pop star Jesse McCartney, Alvin and the Chipmunks) - the cocky, current champion - Ace is going to need some help from his newfound friends: Windy (Hilary Duff, A Cinderella Story), the kindhearted purple fighter plane that inspires him to believe in himself; Dodo (Rob Schneider, Shark Bait), the goofy, feathered sidekick that always has his back; and Colonel (Tom Skerritt, Top Gun), the disgraced former coach that comes out of retirement to help train him. This high-speed adventure will be the journey of Ace's lifetime!

Wings

2012

Six Degrees of Celebration 3 poster
6.2

And again a heroes of "Yolki" series are ready and prepared for a New Year.

Six Degrees of Celebration 3

2013

The Scoundrel poster
10.0

Julia is beautiful, mysterious and... hopelessly lonely. She lives with her mother in a house where the cult of her late military father, a very harsh man and – apparently – a rare idiot, reigns supreme. None of the men Julia has met meets such a high standard. But mom is determined to get her daughter married. And then one day a handsome man in a military dress uniform appears in their family. The only trouble is, he's not exactly who they think he is... or not at all.

The Scoundrel

2017

The Master and Margarita poster
5.5

The Master is a talented writer in Moscow working on a manuscript about Jesus and Pontius Pilate. The Moscow authorities are harassing Master by surveillance and intimidation. His assistant and muse, Margarita, tries to help the Master through the supernatural powers she got from the devil, Woland, who is visiting Moscow.

The Master and Margarita

2011

Milky Way poster
6.0

Something broke down in Andrey and Nadia's marriage. He goes to live in Moscow, she and the children stay in Irkutsk. On New Year's Eve, the family gets together again, but it seems to be the last time. The word "divorce" sounds quite definite. On January 1, it would seem that everything has already been decided, but a whole chain of events - funny, sad, sometimes even strange and inexplicable - seems to be keeping the family from taking the wrong step. They will all get lost and find each other on this magical night on the island of Olkhon and realize that past grievances are easy to forget, but there is something much more important in life.

Milky Way

2016

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Галина Волчек. Любовь и заблуждения

2013

Четвертый poster
NR

The story unfolds in Austria at the end of the 19th century. A young woman faces a choice: illusion or reality, the past or the future, to kill or to give life? But does this choice truly exist? And what is its price?

Четвертый

2016

Breaking The Vicious Circle poster
NR

The film tells about Nursultan Nazarbayev who went into politics and made efforts to improve the existing at that time difficult situation in Kazakhstan’s metallurgy.

Breaking The Vicious Circle

2014

2000s · 8 titles

12 poster
6.6

A loose remake of “12 Angry Men”, “12” is set in contemporary Moscow where 12 very different men must unanimously decide the fate of a young Chechen accused of murdering his step-father, a Russian army officer. Consigned to a makeshift jury room in a school gymnasium, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks.

12

2007

The Book of Masters poster
4.4

A beautiful and kind girl, daughter of Baba Yaga, finds a magical stone Alatyr while walking in a field. It transforms her heart into a stone and puts her under a queer curse. She is to be the evil Countess of Stones and live in a stone tower. If the greatest gem-cutter in the world brings the stone of Alatyr to life, though, she'll become the ruler of the world. The Stone Countess, now cruel and selfish, is fascinated with the idea. She starts searching for the best gem-cutters and forces them to work with Alatyr, so the magical stone would become a living thing. Neither of the gem-cutters succeeds, so she kills them. While being imprisoned in her tower, they work on a large book about the secrets of gem-cutting. Each of them edits the book, so it's later named "the Book of Masters".

The Book of Masters

2009

Сыщик с плохим характером poster
NR

Schoolboy Dima Shiryaev and his friend, the talking raven Styopa, investigate intricate crimes.

Сыщик с плохим характером

2001

House for the Rich poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

House for the Rich

2000

Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later poster
2.0

The author's remake of the famous New Year's comedy is not an exact copy of the original. Festive mess in the same House of Culture, where they celebrated the New Year 50 years ago. Now the institution is named after Ogurtsov and is headed by Mr. Kabachkov. A young enthusiast Alyona Krylatova and a young man Denis Kolechkin work in the recreation center. Alyona, as she can, opposes the "arts" of the bureaucrat and opportunist Kabachkov, and Denis helps her.

Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later

2007

The Music of Life poster
NR

Eldar Ryazanov reads his poetry. An introspective movie on his multifaceted work.

The Music of Life

2009

The Husband, the Wife and the Lover poster
NR

Based on the short story by F.M. Dostoevsky "The Eternal Husband", the comedy by I.S. Turgenev "The Provincial Girl".

The Husband, the Wife and the Lover

2007

Snow Love, or A Dream on a Winter Night poster
1.0

The story begins on New Year's Eve. The editor of the newspaper Orest Orlov offers the successful 35-year-old correspondent Ksenia to take a candid interview with the famous Canadian hockey player Denis Kravtsov. But everything is not as simple as it seems at first glance, because the journalist and the athlete had an affair 10 years ago...

Snow Love, or A Dream on a Winter Night

2003

1990s · 5 titles

1980s · 14 titles

The Dog in Boots poster
7.1

The story about an enamored singing dog who isn't thoroughbred - that's a minus, but honorable - that's a plus.

The Dog in Boots

1981

Time to Fly poster
5.5

Nothing like this has ever happened and could not happen in any of the airports. However, according to the authors of the film-parable, this tragicomic story is directly related to reality. It turns out that in order to properly fly airplanes, sometimes it is enough to fly to one chief. Of course with his seats. However, it does not prevent that the passengers themselves are very eager to go on a flight…

Time to Fly

1987

Magicians poster
7.0

In a small Russian town, there is a Research Institute for magic. One of the witches, Alyona Sanina, is going to marry a guy named Ivan Puhov (not a magician). A jealous Apollon Sataneev tells her boss Kira Shemahandskaya that Sanina is going to marry not Ivan Puhov, but Ivan Kivrin, whom Shemahandskaya is going to marry herself. Enraged, Shemahandskaya, who is a powerful witch, orders Sanina to forget about her Ivan and marry Sataneev instead. And this will be final unless Alyona kisses Puhov before midnight on New Year. Alyona's friends call Puhov to the rescue.

Magicians

1982

The Visit poster
5.8

In her teens, Mme. Zachanassian had to flee her home town in disgrace. Now she's old and rich and the town is facing bankruptcy. But she returns with news that she wants to help - as long as the townsfolk kill someone for her.

The Visit

1989

Aelita, Do Not Pester Men poster
4.2

She's not so young, not so pretty and has a weird name - but she still believes in founding her happiness.

Aelita, Do Not Pester Men

1988

Say a Word for the Poor Hussar poster
6.8

The small town agog Hussars entry. Love between cornet and the young actress suddenly faces intrigue made by a St. Petersburg bureaucrat. The actress father dies after being involved in this game and perspectives look dark... But evil will eventually be defeated by the nobility, loyalty and love.

Say a Word for the Poor Hussar

1980

The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants poster
7.5

The film is based on the story of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. A sad story about how the demagogue and idler Foma Opiskin lived in the house of Colonel Rostanev, took possession of the souls and minds of educated, intelligent people.

The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants

1989

Visiting the Minotaur poster
6.5

The detective story is based on the search for Antonio Stradivari's missing violin. This is one storyline of the film, but there is also a second, historical storyline that takes the viewer back to the 17th century and focuses on the life of the Master and his work on the violin.

Visiting the Minotaur

1987

Eight Days of Hope poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Eight Days of Hope

1985

The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin poster
5.2

A dance troupe from the autonomous region of Abkhazia in western Georgia perform for Stalin, Lavrentiy Beria, Abkhaz leader Nestor Lakoba, and other high-ranking party officials in the Black Sea coastal town of Gagra.

The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin

1989

My Dearly Beloved Detective poster
3.8

The conceit is that Sherlock Holmes is, as in reality, a fictional creation of Arthur Conan Doyle, but that the place where his office would be is maintained by the brilliant detective Shirley Holmes, who both solves crimes and maintains a museum for people who think Sherlock Holmes is real -- accompanied by a phonograph playing music from the Livanov series which had not long ended. She is accompanied, as might be expected, by a woman Watson, and must fight off the affections of both a Scotland Yard inspector an a parody Latin lover from Spain.

My Dearly Beloved Detective

1986

Three Years poster
1.0

Alexey visits his seriously ill sister and meets a nice young woman Julia. After a while, Laptev decides to marry her, but the relationship is not going to be simple.

Three Years

1980

Contract of the Century poster
4.5

In order to negotiate with West German financiers about the construction of the gas pipeline between Siberia and Western Europe, a delegation of Soviet foreign trade collaborators flies to Germany, where they immediately come under CIA surveillance: U.S. intelligence agencies are interested in disrupting the 'contract of the century.' ”...

Contract of the Century

1985

Forgotten Tune for the Flute poster
6.6

A flutist in the forgotten past, at present the husband of a “big man’s” daughter and head of one of the Chief Directorate’s sections felt unwell one day: the forty-year-old man had a pain in his heart. This unpleasant incident provided an opportunity to meet a nurse named Lida. However, their stormy love affair ended, with Filimonov returning to normal life and an unloved wife.

Forgotten Tune for the Flute

1987

1970s · 18 titles

The Road to Rübezahl poster
7.0

The German anti-fascist Max in 1939 emigrated to the USSR. During the Great Patriotic War, he fought in the Soviet partisan detachment and died, performing a responsible mission. After many years, her companion in guerrilla warfare, Lyudmila, was able to realize their common dream — to climb to the top of Mount Rübezahl.

The Road to Rübezahl

1971

Fight in a Blizzard poster
8.0

The movie is set on one of the northern construction sites. Two armed bandits seize a shuttle bus. Among the hostages is the director of the construction site - a courageous and brave man. He manages to organize a fight back against the bandits and save people.

Fight in a Blizzard

1978

Sergeev Seeking Sergeev poster
8.5

After researcher Yuri Sergeev fails to report to work, local police officer Ilya Sergeev opens an investigation into his disappearance.

Sergeev Seeking Sergeev

1974

The Star Hour poster
NR

Based on the play by Estonian playwright Hans Luik. The action takes place in Petrograd on the eve of the October Revolution.

The Star Hour

1973

Moscow, My Love poster
5.2

A young talented dancer from Japan is invited to study ballet art at a school at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. She achieves professional success, for the first time real love comes to her. However, the girl’s happiness was short-lived — a sudden illness of blood interferes in the fate of the dancer, like an echo of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, where her parents lived.

Moscow, My Love

1974

The Garage poster
7.3

An automotive highway is scheduled to be built through the territory of a garage cooperative. A special meeting of the cooperative takes place to reduce the number of garages. As all was already decided and arranged by the chairholder and the board, the decision passes easily at the meeting. But one unexpected event happens - the meeting room's entrance has been locked by an anonymous member and the key is missing...

The Garage

1979

Allow Take-Off! poster
8.0

A new pilot arrives to a far away airport forcing the old veteran to retire.

Allow Take-Off!

1971

Story of an Unknown Actor poster
6.7

Pavel Pavlovich Goryaev is not that young of an actor. For many years he plays in the provincial theater in leading roles. The director of a play based on a play that was written for Goryaev takes the young actor for his role. Goryaev at first falls into despair, leaves the theater, turns to friends. After a while he digests what happened and realizes that it is time to leave the stage with dignity.

Story of an Unknown Actor

1976

The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut poster
NR

The nobleman des Grieux falls in love with the mysterious and attractive girl of humble origin Manon Lescaut. The girl seems to love the young man, but at the same time commits unworthy acts, seducing rich noblemen and involving des Grieux himself in a dissolute life.

The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut

1979

An Ordinary History poster
4.3

A young provincial, Aleksander Aduev, moves to St. Petersburg to live with his pragmatic uncle, where he experiences the collapse of his romantic ideals.

An Ordinary History

1970

The Pickwick Papers poster
NR

A two-part television play based on the novel by Charles Dickens featuring songs by poet David Samoylov.

The Pickwick Papers

1972

The Centaurs poster
4.5

A political conspiracy is brewing in an unnamed Latin American country. Everything is in play: blackmail, bribery, political assassinations, newspaper slander. The operation, code-named "Centaur", is conceived in Washington.

The Centaurs

1979

A Ballad of Love poster
7.2

Leningrade. Galina works as a restorer at Catherine Palace; she is a sculptor as well and takes her profession very seriously and enthusiastically. Vera, a friend from art school, sees her loneliness and introduces her to her husband's colleagues - friendly Mitya and mysterious Andrey. Soon Galina finds herself torn between the two men.

A Ballad of Love

1970

The Man from the Other Side poster
7.0

After the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917. A Russian engineer gets the assignment to purchase locomotives from Sweden. Paid in gold. Claimed by the opponents of the revolution.

The Man from the Other Side

1972

The Amazing Boy poster
8.0

After professor creates a robot who looks like blue-eyed boy the criminals become very interested in the invention.

The Amazing Boy

1971

Olga Sergeevna poster
4.0

The film tells the story of Olga Sergeevna, a renowned oceanographer. Throughout her life, Olga Sergeevna loved only one man, with whom she was never destined to find happiness.

Olga Sergeevna

1975

Hello, I'm Your Aunt! poster
7.0

A funny comedy based on famous Brandon Thomas' play "Charley's Aunt".

Hello, I'm Your Aunt!

1975

Ivan and Marya poster
7.1

Between the king and the soldier Ivan a serious dispute occurs. A seasoned soldier, of course, takes precedence over the quarrelsome sovereign. But until then happen in the Kingdom a lot of unusual and fun…

Ivan and Marya

1975

1960s · 4 titles

Intervention poster
5.7

The movie is set during the last days of a foreign intervention against Soviet Russia. Police are searching everywhere for a Bolshevik named Brodsky but cannot find him. Meanwhile, a man named Michel Voronov serves as a teacher to a rich woman's son, Zhen'ka.

Intervention

1968

We, The Russian People poster
7.0

January 1917. The workers and peasants of Russia, hunted by the tsarist government in the trenches, forced to defend alien interests of the king, the landowners and exploiters-capitalists. Bolshevik worker Yakov Orel, selflessly performing party mission, said the soldiers the truth about war, about revolution, about what the overthrow of the autocracy does not mean the liberation of the workers from the yoke of landlords and capitalists exploitation. For example, one regiment of the film reflects the events that took place in the whole of the Russian army between February and October 1917.

We, The Russian People

1966

Mitya poster
8.0

The chief engineer of a large enterprise is waiting for a meeting with the minister on an important issue and at the same time is trying to return the woman he loves.

Mitya

1967

Normandy - Neman poster
5.2

A certain number of French fighter pilots who will not accept the Second Armistice at Compiègne nor Vichy's orders decide to join the USSR. Once they have reached Moscow they resume training and form a squadron they call "Normandie". Reinforced in 1944, the squadron wins many victories. Following the acts of valor displayed by its pilots during the Battle of the Nieman River, it becomes the "Normandie-Niemen" squadron for the rest of times...

Normandy - Neman

1960

Series credits

Fuse poster
7.6

Fitil is a popular Soviet/Russian television satirical/comedy short film series which ran for about 500 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called Фитилёк, Fitilyok, Little Fuse. Each issue contained from the few short segments: documentary, fictional and animated ones. Directed by various artists, including Leonid Gaidai who presented his famous trio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov into the cast. It was called in USSR as "the anecdotes from the Soviet government".

Fuse

1962

Nine Unknowns poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Nine Unknowns

2006

The Life of Klim Samgin poster
7.0

The life of the intellectual Samgin, depicted against the backdrop of the grand panorama of Russian life from 1877 to 1917.

The Life of Klim Samgin

1988

The Master and Margarita poster
7.2

The Master and Margarita is a Russian television production of Telekanal Rossiya, based on the novel The Master and Margarita, written by Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov between 1928 and 1940. Vladimir Bortko directed this adaptation and was also its screenwriter.

The Master and Margarita

2005

10 самых... poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

10 самых...

2016

The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa) poster
8.3

Mishka Yaponchik was a Ukrainian gangster, Jewish, lived in Odessa at the beginning of the XX century, the military leader of two thousand of gangsters and the prototype of Benia Krik in The "Odessa Tales" by Soviet Jewish writer Isaak Babel. Born Moisei Vinnitsky, Yaponchik ("the Japanese") was an exceptional and eccentric character. Hailed as the next Robin Hood, he established his own code of conduct forbidding the robbing of the poor and professional classes.

The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa)

2011

Visit to the Minotaur poster
5.7

The detective story is based on the search for Antonio Stradivari’s missing violin. An additional historical storyline takes the viewer back to the 17th century and focuses on the life of the Master and his work on the violin.

Visit to the Minotaur

1987

Morpekhi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Morpekhi

2011

Olga Sergeevna poster
6.0

The story of Olga Sergeevna, a renowned oceanographer. Throughout her life, Olga Sergeevna loved only one man, with whom she was never destined to find happiness.

Olga Sergeevna

1975

For the Rest of My Life poster
NR

For four years, a “train of mercy” travels the roads of war, evacuating the wounded from the front lines. Bombings, blood, death, and brief moments of respite bring together the people who are saving the lives of strangers. They all become one big family.

For the Rest of My Life

1975

Magicians poster
7.6

A New Year's fairy tale about how true love can work wonders. At the NUINU Institute (Scientific Universal Institute of Unusual Services), work is in full swing on the creation of a magic wand. The presentation of the invention is scheduled for December 31, New Year's Eve.

Magicians

1982

The Mystery of Edwin Drood poster
6.0

Edwin and Miss Rosa were engaged since childhood. While nothing foreshadows the impending tragedy, the lovers are carefree, the inhabitants of a small English town watch their romance. Edwin Drood and Ne, who arrived from Ceylon, did not help their rivals in the region because of Rosa's mission. Edwin and Rosa decide to remain only friends. However, the conflict with Neville becomes more acute. The rivals go to the lake shore for a decisive conversation. After that, Edwin disappears without a trace. The trail of Edwin disappears, and the suspect in his murder is Neville. Released from prison for lack of a straight street, he leaves the city. Edwin's guardian Jasper continues his independent search for the killers. At the moment, a "lonely bachelor living on his own means" comes to town. He also conducts his own investigation. The investigation of Jasper and the mysterious stranger is coming to an end, but...

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

1980

Бесприданница poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Бесприданница

1974

Мастер и Маргарита poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Мастер и Маргарита

2006

Dombey & Son poster
NR

The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.

Dombey & Son

1974

On the Other Side of the Wolves poster
6.8

The action of the series takes place in the post-war years in a small town, which was overwhelmed by a series of mysterious murders. Mutilated corpses with torn throats and bloody traces of wolf paws plunged the locals into panic. The young head of the local UGRO, Mysik, is trying to understand the events taking place and understand who benefits from the atmosphere of fear and superstition that has developed among the workers of the trophy warehouse and elite stud farm.

On the Other Side of the Wolves

2002

Koroli i kapusta poster
NR

Everything would have continued as usual on the island of Anchuria, had it not been for a briefcase containing hundreds of thousands of dollars, which suddenly appeared in the possession of a local barber, and a mysterious stranger who was once washed ashore on the Anchurian coast by a wave...

Koroli i kapusta

1979

Ночные забавы poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ночные забавы

1993

Islands in the Stream poster
NR

TV version of a play based on Ernest Hemingway's posthumous novel.

Islands in the Stream

1978

Behind the camera