Valentina Malyavina

Acting

Valentina Malyavina

Born 1941-06-18 · Moscow, USSR

Valentina Malyavina is a beautiful and talented actress and a femme fatale whose professional and personal life attracts close attention. She has scored roles in dozens of films of Soviet and Russian cinema. She is best known for roles in Ivan's Childhood (1962), King Stag (1969) and Tamara Aleksandrovna's Husband and Daughter (1988) In 1993 she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia

Acting credits

Ivan's Childhood poster
7.8

In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers.

Ivan's Childhood

1962

Highway M8 poster
NR

Young and talented programmers Andrey and Marina have created a unique computer program of great commercial value. By a tragic coincidence, Marina dies. To complete the program, Andrey needs an access key for Marinin. Andrey is faced with the task of unraveling the secret of Marina's key. Only one photo serves as a clue - a photo of Jose, an old friend of Andrei and uncle Marina. In search of a clue, Andrei sets off on the road along the M-8 Highway, which leads to Vologda, where Jose lives. Lena, the lover of an oligarch who wants to take over the program, becomes Andrey's fellow traveler. On their trail are several more interested persons: a former "super agent", a gangster music lover, a distraught politician, stoned bikers and many others.

Highway M8

2008

Red Square poster
6.9

Dramatizes, in an official Soviet government release, the rise of the Red Army and the revolution that they eventually won.

Red Square

1970

Where There Is a Long Winter poster
8.0

The geologist Yurtov goes to Siberia, where three years ago the unsuccessful search for oil was stopped. He hires a well-known in professional circles driller Vinnichek from Bashkortostan, negotiates with local lumberjacks, and begins to build a camp, dreaming of chill to begin searches, the meaning of which no one believes, except the young motorist Genka

Where There Is a Long Winter

1968

In the Enemy's Den poster
6.4

Russia, 1919. A young soldier of the First Cavalry Army, Aleksei Mikhalyov, is sent to work in the provincial Cheka. Here in the south of the country there is a large White Guard underground led by the elusive Markov. Aleksei gets into the gang, where he is mistaken for his own. The day of the operation to eliminate the white underground is appointed. But unforeseen circumstances destroy the plans of the Chekists.

In the Enemy's Den

1964

An Imperfect Woman poster
6.0

Lyubanya, a hairdresser who has lost her job, and her eleven-year-old son find themselves in a difficult situation. She tries to borrow money from his girlfriend Simkina. She agrees to help, but only on the condition that Lyubanya will help her regain the man she loved, a certain Valeriy. Lyubanya must "accidentally" get acquainted with him and pretend to be his ideal, and when he falls in love with the "woman of his dreams" — leave him. Then Simkina will appear to "glue" Valeriy's broken heart, and at the same time their broken relationship. Out of desperation, Lyubanya joins in this game, but very quickly realizes that she has fallen in love. The heroine faces the question: how to tell Valeriy the truth about himself and their "casual" acquaintance?

An Imperfect Woman

2008

Duration of the Day poster
NR

About the life of Stefan Barda, who joined the struggle for the liberation of Bessarabia, occupied by the troops of Royal Romania, in the 1920s.

Duration of the Day

1974

King Stag poster
5.5

A story of court intrigues, love, and betrayal. A vain king is turned into a stag and only true love can save him

King Stag

1970

A Thousand Souls poster
NR

Based on the eponymous novel by A.F. Pisemsky. A play about the all-powerful influence of money and the morals of the bureaucratic world that destroy everything honest, good, and humane.

A Thousand Souls

1971

Morning Trains poster
7.5

The film is about the working youth of a giant factory in Moscow - the story of a young girl Asya, who had to endure a lot of disappointments before she found true friends

Morning Trains

1963

Graffiti poster
5.5

A young artist gets into a scuffle with bikers after dabbling in graffiti on the subway. This altercation costs him a trip to Italy, and he is sent to rural Russia instead. However, his journey takes an unexpected turn.

Graffiti

2006

1 Newton Street poster
4.7

Timofey Suvernev comes to Moscow from a distant island to study. Tim successfully passes the exams at the institute, and immediately plunges into a turbulent student life. Through hard work and study, he achieves brilliant success, his student work, which he wrote together with his classmate Galtsov, receives a gold medal at the competition.

1 Newton Street

1963

Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky poster
NR

Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Andrei Tarkovsky. The film uses unique materials related to the years Tarkovsky spent in Italy, personal accounts of friends and professionals, the shooting locations of his films, to what degree his works reflects his personal life. The film brings us closer to the man to whom contemporary filmmaking owes so much.

Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky

2012

The First Date poster
5.6

Alexey and Valentina met in the tourist camp on Seliger, and after two weeks they celebrated their wedding. Returning to the family, the young couple faced the first difficulties. Both parents didn't like the willfulness of the young - and there were problems with housing. They started a constant quarrels. The young soon agreed that their wedding was premature ...

The First Date

1960

Situation poster
NR

Based on the play by Viktor Rozov, staged by Evg. Vakhtangov's State Academic Theater. About the worker Viktor Lesikov, an honest man who gave all his extraordinary abilities to his native production.

Situation

1977

When a Man is Around poster
8.0

Dina is 32 years old. She is a brilliant surgeon, works in a maternity hospital, and lives alone with her sister Marga. Once in the hospital, a woman refused a child. Dina adopted a baby, and unexpected troubles changed the lives of both sisters. Meanwhile, the conscientious Marga, secretly from Dina, began to look for Seryozha's father — what if they rushed to adopt, because the father knows nothing about his son. And soon Dmitry Savich began to visit their house often. He had actually met Seryozha's mother once and was now ready to take an active part in raising his son.

When a Man is Around

1978

Night Call poster
5.0

At the heart of the plot - the erroneous message about the death of Varvara Antonovna gathers around her son, daughter-in-law and grandson. They feel a sense of deep guilt, so carelessly treating a loved one for a number of years

Night Call

1970

The Bourgeois Gentleman poster
NR

A recording of the Vakhtangov Theatre’s production of the play by Jean-Baptiste Molière. "The Bourgeois Gentleman" is a brilliant, sparkling comedy by the great French literary classic Jean-Baptiste Molière. The attempts of an uneducated, ignorant, and coarse man with a great deal of money to present himself as a refined nobleman are nothing short of laughable.

The Bourgeois Gentleman

1977

Rustic Vaudeville poster
NR

A comedy about family troubles on a poultry farm.

Rustic Vaudeville

1993

Literature Lesson poster
5.8

A young literature teacher does not like his job. He feels he has to change something in his life. And one day he decides to tell only the truth. This decision leads to a breakup with his fiancée, a series of misunderstandings at school.

Literature Lesson

1968

The Picture of Dorian Gray poster
NR

The Portrait of Dorian Gray had an amazing property: it took upon itself all the sins of the “original”, as well as the passage of time. In real life, Dorian Gray did not change, not a single wrinkle appeared on his face, but the portrait aged for him...

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1968

It's Stronger Than Me poster
7.0

Because of the stepfather of his beloved girl, Makar goes to prison. Tanya leaves home and gets a job at a shipyard.

It's Stronger Than Me

1974

Rate for Love poster
NR

Vlad, who works in a reputable company, has everything in order: a good apartment, a high salary, a beautiful bride. But literally on the eve of the wedding, his bride suddenly begins to do everything to make Vlad jealous. On the advice of a friend, Vlad answers her in kind: he orders Katya, an escort girl, and flies with her to Sochi. But during the vacation it turns out that Katya is not at all like the girls of her profession. Vlad saw a tender and trembling soul in her. And now the choice of a bride for him is not as obvious as it was before. He will have to make the final choice on the wedding day...

Rate for Love

2004

The Tunnel poster
5.0

Romania, 1944. Six intelligence agents, Russians and Romanians, at the cost of their own lives, prevented the Nazis from destroying a strategically important object — a tunnel on the path of the Soviet Army.

The Tunnel

1966