Valentin Gaft
Acting • Born 1935-09-02 – Died 2020-12-12
Biography
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.sonyclassics.com/12/externalLoads/12_presskit.pdf -----
Filmography
148 credits
12
Movie • 2007
Juror #4
Cement
Movie • 1974
The Circus Boy
Movie • 1980
Sky in Diamonds
Movie • 1999
The Magic Skin
Movie • 1975
Saturday and Sunday
Movie • 1982
Three Years
Movie • 1980
Ivan Yartsev
Expensive Pleasure
Movie • 1988
Футболист
Movie • 1991
Magicians
Movie • 1982
Apollon Mitrofanovich Sataneev
Say a Word for the Poor Hussar
Movie • 1980
Полковник Покровский
Like Cat and Dog
Movie • 1973
Promised Heaven
Movie • 1991
President
The Master and Margarita
Movie • 2011
Woland
The Holiday of Disobedience
Movie • 1977
(voice)
Postman's Tale
Movie • 1978
(voice)
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus
Movie • 2010
Pimen
Intervention
Movie • 1987
"Длинный", Каро
Cabbages and Kings
Movie • 1979
Frank Goodwin
The Pickwick Papers
Movie • 1972
Year of a Calf
Movie • 1986
Valerian Sergeyevich
The Amazing Boy
Movie • 1971
Doctor Kapa
Aelita, Do Not Pester Men
Movie • 1988
The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin
Movie • 1989
Beriya
About the Cat...
Movie • 1987
I'm Free, I Belong to Nobody
Movie • 1994
The Garage
Movie • 1979
Сидорин, председатель гаражного кооператива, ветврач
Old Hags
Movie • 2000
General
Daylight Train
Movie • 1976
The Terrorist
Movie • 1991
The Career of Arturo Ui
Movie • 1996
A Ballad of Love
Movie • 1970
Nikolai
Mister Perrichon's Trip
Movie • 1990
Esop
Movie • 1981
Agnostos
Night Fun
Movie • 1991
Езепов
The Visit
Movie • 1989
Alfred III
Kings of Crime
Movie • 1988
Artur
Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later
Movie • 2007
политтехнолог Борис Глебович
Sympathy Seeker
Movie • 1997
Magician
New Adventures of Babka Ezhka
Movie • 2008
Lost in Siberia
Movie • 1991
Beria
Eight Days of Hope
Movie • 1985
Игорь Белоконь, директор шахты
Wings
Movie • 2012
Byvaly (Voice)
Forgotten Tune for the Flute
Movie • 1987
Одинков, чиновник
Long-Haired Wonder
Movie • 1974
Encore, Once More Encore!
Movie • 1992
Fyodor Vasilyevich Vinogradov
The Story of an Old Woman
Movie • 2014
An Almost Funny Story
Movie • 1977
Six Degrees of Celebration 3
Movie • 2013
Fight in a Blizzard
Movie • 1978
Tender Age
Movie • 2000
Саледон старший (известный скульптор-диссидент)
Vertical Races
Movie • 1982
Алексей Дедушкин, «Батон», вор-рецидивист
The Book of Masters
Movie • 2009
Magic mirror
Ivan and Marya
Movie • 1975
казначей
Hello, I'm Your Aunt!
Movie • 1975
Brasset, Lackey
Visiting the Minotaur
Movie • 1987
Иконников
Lot
Movie • 1974
Innokentiy Zhiltsov
Monsieur Lenoir, Who...
Movie • 1984
Borescou
The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants
Movie • 1989
Today and Tomorrow
Movie • 1980
Александр Григорьевич Рассолов
The Golden Fleece
Movie • 1977
Olga Sergeevna
Movie • 1975
Troyakin
Aleksa Dundic
Movie • 1958
Do You Want to Be an Actress, Girl?
Movie • 1977
Snow Love, or A Dream on a Winter Night
Movie • 2003
Oleh Kostiantynovych
My Dearly Beloved Detective
Movie • 1986
Inspector Lester
Hurry to Do Good
Movie • 1980
The Centaurs
Movie • 1979
Andres
The Morning Round
Movie • 1980
Alik
Mitya
Movie • 1967
The Dog in Boots
Movie • 1981
The Noble (voice) / Благородный (Атос)
Through Main Street with an Orchestra
Movie • 1986
Kostya
Moscow, My Love
Movie • 1974
choreographer
We, The Russian People
Movie • 1966
Boer
If the Enemy Doesn't Surrender...
Movie • 1982
Normandy - Neman
Movie • 1960
Mille
Milky Way
Movie • 2016
Allow Take-Off!
Movie • 1971
Viktor Azancheyev
Murder on Dante Street
Movie • 1956
Marsel Ruzhe
The Black Hen, or Living Underground
Movie • 1981
Deforge
The Scoundrel
Movie • 2017
Iron Mountain
Movie • 2013
Preobrazhensky
Fiery River
Movie • 2013
Breaking The Vicious Circle
Movie • 2014
Sergeev Seeking Sergeev
Movie • 1974
Anatoliy Anatolyevich Petelin
Watch Without Hands
Movie • 2000
Wait For Me, Anna
Movie • 1969
Poet
Movie • 1956
Contract of the Century
Movie • 1985
For the Rest of My Life
Movie • 1975
Story of an Unknown Actor
Movie • 1976
The Suicide
Movie • 1990
конферансье
An Ordinary History
Movie • 1970
Surkov
Customs
Movie • 1982
Владимир Николаевич Никитин
Fouetté
Movie • 1986
Poet
The First Courier
Movie • 1968
Nikolay Fon Getsberg
New Girl
Movie • 1969
The Chosen Ones
Movie • 2018
himself
Time to Fly
Movie • 1987
Виктор Иванович, саксофонист, пассажир
From Lopatin's Notes
Movie • 1975
Girl Without Dowry
Movie • 1974
Сергей Сергеевич Паратов
Balalaykin and K
Movie • 1973
Dombey & Son
Movie • 1974
Players
Movie • 1978
The Man from the Other Side
Movie • 1972
Andrey Izvolskiy
Tanya
Movie • 1974
German
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Movie • 1980
John Jasper
Widower's Houses
Movie • 1975
The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut
Movie • 1979
Тенвиль
Romeo and Juliet
Movie • 1983
Капулетти
Family Happiness
Movie • 1970
The Road to Rübezahl
Movie • 1971
Apanasenko
Russian Souvenir
Movie • 1960
Claude Gerald
I want to go to America
Movie • 1993
One Day of Zhora Vladimov
Movie • 2011
Some Words in Honour of Mr. De Molière
Movie • 1973
Islands in the Stream
Movie • 1978
House for the Rich
Movie • 2000
Roman Rumyanov
Равняется одному Гафту
Movie • 2010
Self
Калиф-аист
Movie • 1968
The Night at 14th Parallel
Movie • 1972
Сон Гафта, пересказанный Виктюком
Movie • 2010
Temptation
Movie • 1977
Solo
Movie • 1970
The Music of Life
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
The Husband, the Wife and the Lover
Movie • 2007
Подводная лодка
Movie • 1962
The Magic Bells
Movie • 1987
The King (voice)
The Star Hour
Movie • 1973
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Movie • 1992
Джордж
Четвертый
Movie • 2016
Перегон
Movie • 1985
Яков Борисович Левин, капитан
The Master and Margarita
TV • 2005
Иосиф Каифа, человек во френче
Visit to the Minotaur
TV • 1987
Pavel Petrovich Ikonnikov
Olga Sergeevna
TV • 1975
Троянкин
The Life of Klim Samgin
TV • 1988
Trifonov
On the Other Side of the Wolves
TV • 2002
Nine Unknowns
TV • 2006
Viktor Sevidov - britanskiy millioner
The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa)
TV • 2011
Morpekhi
TV • 2011
Magicians
TV • 1982
Сатанеев
Koroli i kapusta
TV • 1979
Frank Goodwin
Ночные забавы
TV • 1993
Езепов
Fuse
TV • 1962
Мастер и Маргарита
TV • 2006
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
TV • 1980
John Jasper
10 самых...
TV • 2016
Self (archive footage)
Бесприданница
TV • 1974
Сергей Сергеевич Паратов