
Valentin Gaft
- Date of Birth: 1935-09-02
- Date of Death: 2020-12-12
- Place of Birth: Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
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 l... 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 -----

One Day of Zhora Vladimov
Documentary • 2011 February

Ночные забавы
• 1993 January

Saturday and Sunday
Romance, Family, TV Movie • 1982 January

The Career of Arturo Ui
Drama • 1996 June

Eight Days of Hope
Drama • 1984 December

Breaking The Vicious Circle
Drama • 2014 December

Koroli i kapusta
Comedy • 1979 September

Monsieur Lenoir, Who...
Comedy, Drama, TV Movie • 1984 May

Футболист
Crime, Drama • 1991 July

The Story of an Old Woman
Family, Drama • 2013 October