
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 -----

Daylight Train
Romance, Drama • 1976 June

Poet
Drama • 1957 February

About the Cat...
Family, Adventure, TV Movie • 1987 February

The Master and Margarita
Drama, Romance, Fantasy • 1994 June

Encore, Once More Encore!
Drama, Comedy, Romance • 1992 June

Tender Age
Drama, Romance • 2000 June

The Visit
Drama • 1989 June

The Night at 14th Parallel
Drama, War • 1972 March

Visit to the Minotaur
Action & Adventure, Mystery, Crime • 1987 November

Promised Heaven
Comedy, Drama • 1991 January