Valentin Gaft

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

145

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-09-02

Day of death

2020-12-12 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Moscow, RSFSR, USSR

Valentin Gaft

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 -----

Known For

  • Fuse

    Fuse

  • Wings

    Wings

  • Aleksa Dundic

    Aleksa Dundic

  • Normandy - Neman

    Normandy - Neman

  • Snow Love, or A Dream on a Winter Night

    Snow Love, or A Dream on a Winter Night

  • Temptation

    Temptation

  • The Master and Margarita

    The Master and Margarita

  • Story of an Unknown Actor

    Story of an Unknown Actor

  • Aelita, Do Not Pester Men

    Aelita, Do Not Pester Men

  • Moscow, My Love

    Moscow, My Love

  • 10 самых...

    10 самых...

  • The Garage

    The Garage

  • Murder on Dante Street

    Murder on Dante Street

  • The Book of Masters

    The Book of Masters

  • The Master and Margarita

    The Master and Margarita

  • Promised Heaven

    Promised Heaven

  • Poet

    Poet

  • 12

    12

  • Old Hags

    Old Hags

  • The Chosen Ones

    The Chosen Ones

  • The Life of Klim Samgin

    The Life of Klim Samgin

  • Say a Word for the Poor Hussar

    Say a Word for the Poor Hussar

  • New Adventures of Babka Ezhka

    New Adventures of Babka Ezhka

  • Magicians

    Magicians

  • Fiery River

    Fiery River

  • The Man from the Other Side

    The Man from the Other Side

  • Encore, Once More Encore!

    Encore, Once More Encore!

  • If the Enemy Doesn't Surrender...

    If the Enemy Doesn't Surrender...

  • Hello, I'm Your Aunt!

    Hello, I'm Your Aunt!

  • The Pickwick Papers

    The Pickwick Papers

  • Through Main Street with an Orchestra

    Through Main Street with an Orchestra

  • The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin

    The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin

  • The Morning Round

    The Morning Round

  • Lost in Siberia

    Lost in Siberia

  • The Dog in Boots

    The Dog in Boots

  • Nine Unknowns

    Nine Unknowns

  • Sympathy Seeker

    Sympathy Seeker

  • Russian Souvenir

    Russian Souvenir

  • Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus

    Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus

  • Sky in Diamonds

    Sky in Diamonds

  • The Suicide

    The Suicide

  • The Visit

    The Visit

  • An Ordinary History

    An Ordinary History

  • An Almost Funny Story

    An Almost Funny Story

  • The Golden Fleece

    The Golden Fleece

  • Breaking The Vicious Circle

    Breaking The Vicious Circle

  • Esop

    Esop

  • Fouetté

    Fouetté

  • Sergeev Seeking Sergeev

    Sergeev Seeking Sergeev

  • The Centaurs

    The Centaurs

  • I'm Free, I Belong to Nobody

    I'm Free, I Belong to Nobody

  • The Black Hen, or Living Underground

    The Black Hen, or Living Underground

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

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

  • Wait For Me, Anna

    Wait For Me, Anna

  • Milky Way

    Milky Way

  • Long-Haired Wonder

    Long-Haired Wonder

  • The Husband, the Wife and the Lover

    The Husband, the Wife and the Lover

  • Mitya

    Mitya

  • Watch Without Hands

    Watch Without Hands

  • Olga Sergeevna

    Olga Sergeevna

  • Cabbages and Kings

    Cabbages and Kings

  • Balalaykin and K

    Balalaykin and K

  • From Lopatin's Notes

    From Lopatin's Notes

  • Iron Mountain

    Iron Mountain

  • Widower's Houses

    Widower's Houses

  • Сон Гафта, пересказанный Виктюком

    Сон Гафта, пересказанный Виктюком

  • Dombey & Son

    Dombey & Son

  • The Magic Skin

    The Magic Skin

  • I want to go to America

    I want to go to America

  • The First Courier

    The First Courier

  • Contract of the Century

    Contract of the Century

  • Players

    Players

  • Hurry to Do Good

    Hurry to Do Good

  • The Night at 14th Parallel

    The Night at 14th Parallel

  • For the Rest of My Life

    For the Rest of My Life

  • The Holiday of Disobedience

    The Holiday of Disobedience

  • Tanya

    Tanya

  • Lot

    Lot

  • Allow Take-Off!

    Allow Take-Off!

  • Night Fun

    Night Fun

  • Year of a Calf

    Year of a Calf

  • Калиф-аист

    Калиф-аист

  • Expensive Pleasure

    Expensive Pleasure

  • The Star Hour

    The Star Hour

  • Cement

    Cement

  • Solo

    Solo

  • New Girl

    New Girl

  • The Amazing Boy

    The Amazing Boy

  • Do You Want to Be an Actress, Girl?

    Do You Want to Be an Actress, Girl?

  • Ivan and Marya

    Ivan and Marya

  • About the Cat...

    About the Cat...

  • A Ballad of Love

    A Ballad of Love

  • Three Years

    Three Years

  • House for the Rich

    House for the Rich

  • The Terrorist

    The Terrorist

  • The Music of Life

    The Music of Life

  • Saturday and Sunday

    Saturday and Sunday

  • The Circus Boy

    The Circus Boy

  • Islands in the Stream

    Islands in the Stream

  • On the Other Side of the Wolves

    On the Other Side of the Wolves

  • Customs

    Customs

  • We, The Russian People

    We, The Russian People

  • Like Cat and Dog

    Like Cat and Dog

  • Morpekhi

    Morpekhi

  • The Mystery of Edwin Drood

    The Mystery of Edwin Drood

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

  • Postman's Tale

    Postman's Tale

  • Равняется одному Гафту

    Равняется одному Гафту

  • The Magic Bells

    The Magic Bells

  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

  • Magicians

    Magicians

  • Visit to the Minotaur

    Visit to the Minotaur

  • The Story of an Old Woman

    The Story of an Old Woman

  • Мастер и Маргарита

    Мастер и Маргарита

  • Koroli i kapusta

    Koroli i kapusta

  • Ночные забавы

    Ночные забавы

  • Six Degrees of Celebration 3

    Six Degrees of Celebration 3

  • My Dearly Beloved Detective

    My Dearly Beloved Detective

  • Girl Without Dowry

    Girl Without Dowry

  • Intervention

    Intervention

  • Olga Sergeevna

    Olga Sergeevna

  • The Mystery of Edwin Drood

    The Mystery of Edwin Drood

  • Time to Fly

    Time to Fly

  • The Scoundrel

    The Scoundrel

  • Fight in a Blizzard

    Fight in a Blizzard

  • Kings of Crime

    Kings of Crime

  • Family Happiness

    Family Happiness

  • Forgotten Tune for the Flute

    Forgotten Tune for the Flute

  • Mister Perrichon's Trip

    Mister Perrichon's Trip

  • Tender Age

    Tender Age

  • Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later

    Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later

  • Vertical Races

    Vertical Races

  • The Road to Rübezahl

    The Road to Rübezahl

  • Daylight Train

    Daylight Train

  • Футболист

    Футболист

  • The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants

    The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants

  • The Career of Arturo Ui

    The Career of Arturo Ui

  • Eight Days of Hope

    Eight Days of Hope

  • Visiting the Minotaur

    Visiting the Minotaur

  • Подводная лодка

    Подводная лодка

  • Today and Tomorrow

    Today and Tomorrow

  • The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut

    The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut

  • Some Words in Honour of Mr. De Molière

    Some Words in Honour of Mr. De Molière

  • Monsieur Lenoir, Who...

    Monsieur Lenoir, Who...

  • One Day of Zhora Vladimov

    One Day of Zhora Vladimov