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.
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Known For
Six Degrees of Celebration 3
(2013)
Full Filmography
Acting
Murder on Dante Street
(1956)
Marsel Ruzhe
Poet
(1957)
Aleksa Dundic
(1958)
Normandy - Neman
(1960)
Mille
Russkiy Suvenir
(1960)
Claude Gerald
We Are Russian People
(1966)
Boer
Калиф-аист
(1968)
Intervention
(1968)
Солдат антанты
The First Courier
(1968)
Nikolay Fon Getsberg
Wait For Me, Anna
(1969)
New Girl
(1969)
Ordinary story
(1970)
Surkov
Family Happiness
(1970)
A Ballad of Love
(1970)
Nikolai
The Amazing Boy
(1970)
Doctor Kapa
Allow Take-Off!
(1971)
Viktor Azancheyev
The Road to Rübezahl
(1971)
Apanasenko
The Night at 14th Parallel
(1972)
The Man from the Other Side
(1972)
Andrey Izvolskiy
Записки Пиквикского клуба
(1972)
Как кошка с собакой
(1973)
Some Words in Honour of Mr. De Molière
(1973)
Balalaykin and K
(1973)
Dombey & Son
(1974)
Girl Without Dowry
(1974)
Сергей Сергеевич Паратов
Moscow, My Love
(1974)
choreographer
Сергеев ищет Сергеева
(1974)
Anatoliy Anatolyevich Petelin
Lot
(1974)
Innokentiy Zhiltsov
Tanya
(1974)
German
Long-Haired Wonder
(1974)
Цемент
(1974)
From Lopatin's Notes
(1975)
Widower's Houses
(1975)
The Magic Skin
(1975)
На всю оставшуюся жизнь
(1975)
Hello, I'm Your Aunt!
(1975)
Brasset, Lackey
Ivan and Marya
(1975)
казначей
Olga Sergeevna
(1975)
Troyakin
Daylight Train
(1976)
Story of an Unknown Actor
(1976)
The Golden Fleece
(1977)
The Holiday of Disobedience
(1977)
(voice)
An Almost Funny Story
(1977)
Do You Want to Be an Actress, Girl?
(1977)
Fight in a Blizzard
(1977)
Players
(1978)
Postman's Tale
(1978)
(voice)
Islands in the Stream
(1978)
Cabbages and Kings
(1978)
Frank Goodwin
The Garage
(1979)
Sidorin
The Centaurs
(1979)
Andres
The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut
(1979)
Тенвиль
The Circus Boy
(1980)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
(1980)
Джаспер
Say a Word for the Poor Hussar
(1980)
Полковник Покровский
Three Years
(1980)
Today and Tomorrow
(1980)
Александр Григорьевич Рассолов
The Morning Round
(1980)
Alik
Hurry to Do Good
(1980)
Esop
(1981)
Agnostos
The Dog In Boots
(1981)
The Noble (voice) / Благородный (Атос)
The Black Hen, or Living Underground
(1981)
Deforge
Vertical Races
(1982)
Алексей Дедушкин «Батон» (вор-рецидивист)
Суббота и воскресенье
(1982)
Magicians
(1982)
Apollon Mitrofanovich Sataneev
If the Enemy Doesn't Surrender...
(1982)
Customs
(1982)
Владимир Николаевич Никитин
Monsieur Lenoir, who...
(1983)
Romeo and Juliet
(1983)
Капулетти
Eight Days of Hope
(1984)
Игорь Белоконь, директор шахты
Контракт века
(1985)
Through Main Street with an Orchestra
(1986)
Kostya
My Dearly Beloved Detective
(1986)
Inspector Lester
Year of a Calf
(1986)
Valerian Sergeyevich
Fouetté
(1986)
Poet
Visiting the Minotaur
(1987)
Иконников
Forgotten Tune for the Flute
(1987)
Odinokov
About the Cat...
(1987)
Time to fly
(1987)
Дорогое удовольствие
(1988)
Kings of Crime
(1988)
Artur
Aelita, Do Not Pester Men
(1988)
The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants
(1989)
The Visit
(1989)
Alfred III
The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin
(1989)
Beriya
The Suicide
(1990)
Mister Perrichon's Trip
(1990)
Night Fun
(1991)
Езепов
Футболист
(1991)
The Terrorist
(1991)
Promised Heaven
(1991)
President
Lost in Siberia
(1991)
Beria
Encore, Once More Encore!
(1992)
Fyodor Vasilyevich Vinogradov
I want to go to America
(1993)
Ya Svoboden, Ya Nichey
(1994)
The Master and Margarita
(1994)
Woland
The Career of Arturo Ui
(1996)
Sympathy Seeker
(1997)
Magician
Небо в алмазах
(1999)
Watch Without Hands
(2000)
Tender Age
(2000)
Саледон старший (известный скульптор-диссидент)
Old Hags
(2000)
General
Дом для богатых
(2000)
Roman Rumyanov
Снежная любовь, или Сон в зимнюю ночь
(2003)
Олег Константинович папа Ксении
Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later
(2006)
политтехнолог Борис Глебович
12
(2007)
Juror #4
New Adventures of Babka Ezhka
(2008)
The Book of Masters
(2009)
Volshebnoe Zerkalo
Равняется одному Гафту
(2010)
Self
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus
(2010)
Wise prisoner
One Day of Zhora Vladimov
(2011)
Wings
(2012)
Byvaly (Voice)
Fiery River
(2013)
Iron Mountain
(2013)
Preobrazhensky
Six Degrees of Celebration 3
(2013)
The Story of an Old Woman
(2013)
Breaking The Vicious Circle
(2014)
Milky Way
(2016)
Подлец
(2017)
The Chosen Ones
(2018)
himself