Valentin Gaft

Valentin Gaft

Born: September 2, 1935
Died: December 12, 2020
in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
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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Movies for Valentin Gaft...

The Chosen Ones
Title: The Chosen Ones
Character: himself
Released: September 27, 2018
Type: Movie
The film is based on a dialogue between young and older generations about life, profession, fame, love, the mission of art, the destiny of man, heroism and the ideals of our time. Conversations of outstanding figures of Russian culture with actors who have recently started their professional path and have already clearly declared themselves in art.
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Подлец
Title: Подлец
Released: November 2, 2017
Type: Movie
russian comedy
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Milky Way
Title: Milky Way
Released: January 1, 2016
Type: Movie
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Breaking The Vicious Circle
Title: Breaking The Vicious Circle
Released: December 4, 2014
Type: Movie
The film tells about Nursultan Nazarbayev who went into politics and made efforts to improve the existing at that time difficult situation in Kazakhstan’s metallurgy.
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Six Degrees of Celebration 3
Title: Six Degrees of Celebration 3
Released: December 26, 2013
Type: Movie
And again a heroes of "Yolki" series are ready and prepared for a New Year.
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Iron Mountain
Title: Iron Mountain
Character: Preobrazhensky
Released: December 13, 2013
Type: Movie
The third part of the epic "The Way of the Leader" tell about the student years of Nursultan Nazarbayev, about the most important stages of his personality formation against the background of key events in the history of the country, when the future of Kazakhstan's industry was being built in the steppes.
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Fiery River
Title: Fiery River
Released: December 12, 2013
Type: Movie
The second part of the epic "The Way of the Leader" tells about Nursultan Nazarbayev's student years, about the most important stages of his personality formation set on historical events, when the future of Kazakhstan's industry was being built in the steppes.
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The Story of an Old Woman
Title: The Story of an Old Woman
Released: October 4, 2013
Type: Movie
The Story of an Old Woman was filmed in one shot without any cutting or pasting. Annotation from author: In this film I wanted to show how the one person can be violent and aggressive, and the other one helpless and defenseless. Our heroes hide their flaws behind the beautiful words and actions. Unfortunately a betrayal of the family became more common, and the opportunity to get hit in the back from the nearest person is already a reality. The film is about the family relationship, happiness and sorrow. The main thing is to stay human in all circumstances.
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Wings
Title: Wings
Character: Byvaly (Voice)
Released: August 8, 2012
Type: Movie
In the weeks leading up to the grand air show young Su-27 fighter by the name of Knight comes to the disciples to aircraft leading figures, which are taken to prepare it for the competition. But Knight forget about classes, when the ears falls in love with a charming light aircraft lightning, not knowing what it is - an assistant cruel and evil Thunder fighter who wants to deal with the Knight. Would love to win the Knight Lightning? A time to destroy evil plans of Thunder? And most importantly - will the winner of the Knight airshow?
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Title: The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa)
Released: November 9, 2011
Type: TV
Mishka Yaponchik was a Ukrainian gangster, Jewish, lived in Odessa at the beginning of the XX century, the military leader of two thousand of gangsters and the prototype of Benia Krik in The "Odessa Tales" by Soviet Jewish writer Isaak Babel. Born Moisei Vinnitsky, Yaponchik ("the Japanese") was an exceptional and eccentric character. Hailed as the next Robin Hood, he established his own code of conduct forbidding the robbing of the poor and professional classes.
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One Day of Zhora Vladimov
Title: One Day of Zhora Vladimov
Released: February 17, 2011
Type: Movie
The turning point for Russia is 1991. Exiled from the country, writer, dissident and human rights activist Georgiy Vladimov found himself in a forced, joyless emigration in Niedernhausen. Later, Vladimov will begin writing a novel in three parts, "Long Way to Tipperary," which, according to the plan, would cover the period from August 1946 to August 1991. But he will have time to write only the first part, where he will again and again return to the almost unconscious childish act of one day in August 1946. On that blurry day in memory, cadet-Suvorov student Zhora Vladimov went to support the disgraced writer Mikhail Zoshchenko.
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Равняется одному Гафту
Title: Равняется одному Гафту
Character: Self
Released: July 1, 2010
Type: Movie
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Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus
Title: Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus
Character: Wise prisoner
Released: April 22, 2010
Type: Movie
Epic film about WWII, a sequel to Utomlyonnye solntsem (1994). Evil Stalin is terrorizing people of Russia while the Nazis are advancing. Russian officer Kotov, who miraculously survived the death sentence in Stalin's Purge, is now fighting in the front-lines. His daughter, Nadia, who survived a rape attempt by Nazi soldiers, is now a nurse risking her own life to save others. In the war-torn nation even former enemies are fighting together to defend their land. People stand up united for the sake of victory. Written by Steve Shelokhonov
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The Book of Masters
Title: The Book of Masters
Character: Volshebnoe Zerkalo
Released: October 29, 2009
Type: Movie
A beautiful and kind girl, daughter of Baba Yaga, finds a magical stone Alatyr while walking in a field. It transforms her heart into a stone and puts her under a queer curse. She is to be the evil Countess of Stones and live in a stone tower. If the greatest gem-cutter in the world brings the stone of Alatyr to life, though, she'll become the ruler of the world. The Stone Countess, now cruel and selfish, is fascinated with the idea. She starts searching for the best gem-cutters and forces them to work with Alatyr, so the magical stone would become a living thing. Neither of the gem-cutters succeeds, so she kills them. While being imprisoned in her tower, they work on a large book about the secrets of gem-cutting. Each of them edits the book, so it's later named "the Book of Masters".
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Title: 12
Released: November 4, 2008
Type: TV
12 jurors must decide whether an 18-year-old boy accused of murdering his stepfather, a Russian army officer who fought in Chechnya, is guilty. All the evidence points against the accused, and eleven of the twelve people gathered in the school gym are ready to convict the young man. But one of the jurors is sure that everything is not as clear as it seems at first glance, and suggests a more thoughtful consideration of the case.
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New Adventures of Babka Ezhka
Title: New Adventures of Babka Ezhka
Released: September 10, 2008
Type: Movie
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12
Title: 12
Character: Juror #4
Released: June 6, 2007
Type: Movie
A loose remake of “12 Angry Men”, “12” is set in contemporary Moscow where 12 very different men must unanimously decide the fate of a young Chechen accused of murdering his step-father, a Russian army officer. Consigned to a makeshift jury room in a school gymnasium, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks.
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Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later
Title: Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later
Released: June 6, 2006
Type: Movie
Продолжение "Карнавальной ночи" от Эльдара Рязанова. Место действия – тот же Дом Культуры, где праздновали новый год 50 лет назад. Людмила Гурченко снова споет "Пять минут", снова будет прочитана новогодняя лекция, снова год уходящий будет провожаться, а год наступающий – встречаться. Но новое время приводит с собой новых героев, так что все будет по-другому.
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Title: Девять неизвестных
Character: Viktor Sevidov - britanskiy millioner
Released: January 10, 2006
Type: TV
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Title: The Master and Margarita
Character: Иосиф Каифа, человек во френче
Released: December 19, 2005
Type: TV
The Master and Margarita is a Russian television production of Telekanal Rossiya, based on the novel The Master and Margarita, written by Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov between 1928 and 1940. Vladimir Bortko directed this adaptation and was also its screenwriter.
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Title: On the Other Side of the Wolves
Released: October 21, 2002
Type: TV
The action of the series takes place in the post-war years in a small town, which was overwhelmed by a series of mysterious murders. Mutilated corpses with torn throats and bloody traces of wolf paws plunged the locals into panic. The young head of the local UGRO, Mysik, is trying to understand the events taking place and understand who benefits from the atmosphere of fear and superstition that has developed among the workers of the trophy warehouse and elite stud farm.
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Watch Without Hands
Title: Watch Without Hands
Released: December 1, 2000
Type: Movie
A major politician and businessman was killed. His widow, with the help of a private detective and a photojournalist, begins her own murder investigation. She learns not to trust anyone, especially her friends. The only one she trusted is a strange young man with paranormal abilities who promises to protect her and find the killer. Now Nelya is in real danger...
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Дом для богатых
Title: Дом для богатых
Character: Roman Rumyanov
Released: July 1, 2000
Type: Movie
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Tender Age
Title: Tender Age
Character: Саледон старший (известный скульптор-диссидент)
Released: June 6, 2000
Type: Movie
A movie which at first seems like a simple life story of an ordinary young man slowly evolves into an extraordinarily told ballade with twofold meaning - sad and optimistic at the same time...
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Old Hags
Title: Old Hags
Character: General
Released: March 3, 2000
Type: Movie
Four old friends are experiencing various troubles adapting to the new times in modern Russia.
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Небо в алмазах
Title: Небо в алмазах
Released: November 3, 1999
Type: Movie
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Sympathy Seeker
Title: Sympathy Seeker
Character: Magician
Released: December 7, 1997
Type: Movie
A Christmas story, almost a fairy tale. An ordinary Russian girl brought up without a father could not even think that one fine day she would find him. And who could suppose that three "fathers" at once would pretend to the role?
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The Career of Arturo Ui
Title: The Career of Arturo Ui
Released: June 7, 1996
Type: Movie
When the powerful of this world give a small scoundrel the opportunity to become a big scoundrel - how many opportunities there are for a funny comedy...
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Ya Svoboden, Ya Nichey
Title: Ya Svoboden, Ya Nichey
Released: June 6, 1994
Type: Movie
Драма о том, как мужчины переживают «кризис среднего возраста». Герой картины совсем было, собрался уйти из семьи к юной любовнице, но, познакомившись со своей будущей тещей (и ровесницей), вдруг задумался о том, готов ли он к такой радикальной перемене своей жизни. И, поразмыслив, принимает довольно неожиданное решение…
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The Master and Margarita
Title: The Master and Margarita
Character: Woland
Released: June 6, 1994
Type: Movie
Master is a talented writer in Moscow working on a manuscript about the biblical Jesus and Pontius Pilate. Authorities in Moscow are harassing Master by surveillance and intimidation. Victimized by their harassment, Master throws his manuscript into the fire, before he is locked up in a mental clinic. His assistant and Muse Margarita tries to help Master using the supernatural powers she got from the devil - Woland who is visiting Moscow..
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I want to go to America
Title: I want to go to America
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
The spicy story of a modest Russian guy drawn into the incessant sexual marathon by the will of rival intelligence agencies. The victims of such an incredible love contest are charming ladies - from an opera singer to an overseas prostitute - and even the wife of an intelligence general. However, the love that has happened violates the plans of the rival intelligence agencies.
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Encore, Once More Encore!
Title: Encore, Once More Encore!
Character: Fyodor Vasilyevich Vinogradov
Released: June 6, 1992
Type: Movie
A drama set at the end of the Forties and the beginning of the Fifties. In a distant garrison town, life proceeds at a measured past. The officers drink and debauch, while the soldiers serve. Meanwhile accidentally unleashed human emotions are suffocated by the atmosphere of cruelty and hypocrisy.
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The Terrorist
Title: The Terrorist
Released: October 1, 1991
Type: Movie
A man invites a soaking wet under the rain young girl to his house not suspecting that her visit is not an accident.
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Футболист
Title: Футболист
Released: July 1, 1991
Type: Movie
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Lost in Siberia
Title: Lost in Siberia
Character: Beria
Released: April 6, 1991
Type: Movie
The political drama is set in the Stalin's Soviet Union after the Second World War. A British archaeologist Andrei Miller is working in Iran. He is mistakenly kidnapped and arrested by the KGB. He is falsely accused of spying and wrongfully sentenced to a Gulag prison-camp in Siberia.
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Night Fun
Title: Night Fun
Character: Езепов
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
A night become real "fun" for a family with the visit from very strange person.
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Promised Heaven
Title: Promised Heaven
Character: President
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
In the new Russia, former middle class citizens find themselves out in the dumps. Literally. They build homes, elect their own government, work, beg, scavenge, date and fight all while living in a huge city dump. Some try to beat the odds and return to society, but it seems that there is only one place left for them to go...
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Mister Perrichon's Trip
Title: Mister Perrichon's Trip
Released: August 30, 1990
Type: Movie
Monsieur Perrichon, a rich coachbuilder by profession, is an honest but vain member of the bourgeoisie who decides to take a pleasure trip in the company of his wife Caroline and his daughter Henrietta. The family, deciding on a train journey to the Swiss Alps, arrive at Gare de Lyon in Paris where they happen upon two young suitors, both with the same goal of marrying Henrietta. Over the course of the journey, the two men are involved in an honorable but fierce struggle for the young lady's hand in marriage.
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The Suicide
Title: The Suicide
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
As Soviet Russia enters the era of the New Economic Policy, Semyon Podsekalnikov decides to stop looking for a job. However, the prospect of living at the expense of his wife and mother-in-law seems unbearable. Having reached the end of his tether, Semyon is resolved to take his own life. Based on Nikolai Erdman's controversial play.
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The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin
Title: The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin
Character: Beriya
Released: November 6, 1989
Type: Movie
A dance troupe from the autonomous region of Abkhazia in western Georgia perform for Stalin, Lavrentiy Beria, Abkhaz leader Nestor Lakoba, and other high-ranking party officials in the Black Sea coastal town of Gagra.
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The Visit
Title: The Visit
Character: Alfred III
Released: June 30, 1989
Type: Movie
In her teens, Mme. Zachanassian had to flee her home town in disgrace. Now she's old and rich and the town is facing bankruptcy. But she returns with news that she wants to help - as long as the townsfolk kill someone for her.
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The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants
Title: The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
The film is based on the story of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. A sad story about how the demagogue and idler Foma Opiskin lived in the house of Colonel Rostanev, took possession of the souls and minds of educated, intelligent people.
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Дорогое удовольствие
Title: Дорогое удовольствие
Released: December 1, 1988
Type: Movie
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Kings of Crime
Title: Kings of Crime
Character: Artur
Released: June 6, 1988
Type: Movie
This is a story of a war between two powerful criminal gangs and their 'dons' (vory v zakone) in the communist Soviet Union. Corruption, cynical rhetoric, deaths of innocent people.
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Aelita, Do Not Pester Men
Title: Aelita, Do Not Pester Men
Released: June 6, 1988
Type: Movie
She's not so young, not so pretty and has a weird name - but she still believes in founding her happiness.
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Title: The Life of Klim Samgin
Character: Trifonov
Released: March 28, 1988
Type: TV
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Visiting the Minotaur
Title: Visiting the Minotaur
Character: Иконников
Released: November 9, 1987
Type: Movie
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Title: Visit to the Minotaur
Character: Pavel Petrovich Ikonnikov
Released: November 9, 1987
Type: TV
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Forgotten Tune for the Flute
Title: Forgotten Tune for the Flute
Character: Odinokov
Released: October 23, 1987
Type: Movie
A flutist in the forgotten past, at present the husband of a “big man’s” daughter and head of one of the Chief Directorate’s sections felt unwell one day: the forty-year-old man had a pain in his heart. This unpleasant incident provided an opportunity to meet a nurse named Lida. However, their stormy love affair ended, with Filimonov returning to normal life and an unloved wife.
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About the Cat...
Title: About the Cat...
Released: February 8, 1987
Type: Movie
The musical based on the famous "Puss in the Boots".
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Time to fly
Title: Time to fly
Released: January 18, 1987
Type: Movie
Nothing like this has ever happened and could not happen in any of the airports. However, according to the authors of the film-parable, this tragicomic story is directly related to reality. It turns out that in order to properly fly airplanes, sometimes it is enough to fly to one chief. Of course with his seats. However, it does not prevent that the passengers themselves are very eager to go on a flight…
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Year of a Calf
Title: Year of a Calf
Character: Valerian Sergeyevich
Released: December 15, 1986
Type: Movie
The young energetic Lyudmila Petrovna Nikitina, who worked as a milkmaid on the farm, decided to radically change her life. Settling the head of a rural furniture store, she sold a cow, pigs, sheep, and even invited the sons of a music teacher from the city, violinist Valerian Sergeyevich, to her sons. Her husband Theodosius, a collective farm carpenter, is not able to reason with his wife, but at the same time he does not intend to put up with the new order. To Lyudmila Petrovna’s surprise, the music teacher, who had a taste for village life, also fell under the influence of Theodosius. Once, having seized children, the men fled home. With difficulty, Lyudmila Petrovna was able to restore the broken family peace, and the wife of Valerian Sergeyevich to return his husband home.
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My Dearly Beloved Detective
Title: My Dearly Beloved Detective
Character: Inspector Lester
Released: November 3, 1986
Type: Movie
The conceit is that Sherlock Holmes is, as in reality, a fictional creation of Arthur Conan Doyle, but that the place where his office would be is maintained by the brilliant detective Shirley Holmes, who both solves crimes and maintains a museum for people who think Sherlock Holmes is real -- accompanied by a phonograph playing music from the Livanov series which had not long ended. She is accompanied, as might be expected, by a woman Watson, and must fight off the affections of both a Scotland Yard inspector an a parody Latin lover from Spain.
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Fouetté
Title: Fouetté
Character: Poet
Released: October 15, 1986
Type: Movie
Prima-ballerina Elena Knyazeva prepares for her performance on the anniversary jubilee for the theater Swan Lake on the eve of her fiftieth birthday and simultaneously participates in the production of the innovative ballet Master and Margarita. Suddenly, the choreographer gives the role of a young ballerina, with whom he begins an affair. Overcoming jealousy and desperation, Knyazeva begins to work with the student over the image of Margarita
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Through Main Street with an Orchestra
Title: Through Main Street with an Orchestra
Character: Kostya
Released: May 12, 1986
Type: Movie
Vasily Muravin, 50, a teacher at the Moscow Institute of Management, is experiencing a crisis. At work, the place of the head of the department is replaced by the more pragmatic, but limited person Valentin Romanovsky. At home, his wife Lida, who earns at work more than her husband, habitually reproaches him for indecision. It’s hard for Muravin to come to terms with his established attitude to himself, but he is most worried when his wife shows disrespect for his main hobby - playing the guitar. Once, unable to bear the bullying, Muravin suddenly leaves the family (wife and daughter) and from work.
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Контракт века
Title: Контракт века
Released: June 1, 1985
Type: Movie
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Eight Days of Hope
Title: Eight Days of Hope
Character: Игорь Белоконь, директор шахты
Released: December 28, 1984
Type: Movie
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Romeo and Juliet
Title: Romeo and Juliet
Character: Капулетти
Released: December 31, 1983
Type: Movie
This TV version of the world-famous play by William Shakespeare stands out for its unusual production design and mise-en-scene.
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Monsieur Lenoir, who...
Title: Monsieur Lenoir, who...
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Teleplay based on the play by Armand Salacrou.
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Magicians
Title: Magicians
Character: Apollon Mitrofanovich Sataneev
Released: December 31, 1982
Type: Movie
In a small Russian town, there is a Research Institute for magic. One of the witches, Alyona Sanina, is going to marry a guy named Ivan Puhov (not a magician). A jealous Apollon Sataneev tells her boss Kira Shemahandskaya that Sanina is going to marry not Ivan Puhov, but Ivan Kivrin, whom Shemahandskaya is going to marry herself. Enraged, Shemahandskaya, who is a powerful witch, orders Sanina to forget about her Ivan and marry Sataneev instead. And this will be final unless Alyona kisses Puhov before midnight on New Year. Alyona's friends call Puhov to the rescue.
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If the Enemy Doesn't Surrender...
Title: If the Enemy Doesn't Surrender...
Released: December 26, 1982
Type: Movie
A story about one of the big battles of WWII.
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Customs
Title: Customs
Character: Владимир Николаевич Никитин
Released: November 9, 1982
Type: Movie
When vigilant Soviet customs officers find smuggled gold on a ship named Amur, they conduct an investigation to find the culprit and learn about a murder.
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Vertical Races
Title: Vertical Races
Character: Алексей Дедушкин «Батон» (вор-рецидивист)
Released: October 10, 1982
Type: Movie
A drama about a psychological duel between a police detective and career criminal.
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Суббота и воскресенье
Title: Суббота и воскресенье
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
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The Dog In Boots
Title: The Dog In Boots
Character: The Noble (voice) / Благородный (Атос)
Released: October 3, 1981
Type: Movie
The story about an enamored singing dog who isn't thoroughbred - that's a minus, but honorable - that's a plus.
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The Black Hen, or Living Underground
Title: The Black Hen, or Living Underground
Character: Deforge
Released: August 26, 1981
Type: Movie
At a St. Petersburg boarding school, a new life began for the ten-year-old Alyosha, who was accustomed parental attention. Missing his home, Alyosha created an imaginary magic world of underground dwellers, with a king and his subjects who very much resembled the people surrounding the boy. Alyosha experienced many interesting adventures in this mysterious fairy tale...
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Esop
Title: Esop
Character: Agnostos
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
This is a story about Greek slave Esop, who contributed a lot to the world of literature, and about his silly owner, who had the power and money, but did not have kindness.
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Title: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Character: Джаспер
Released: September 15, 1980
Type: Movie
In Closterham, Edwin Drood and Rose Button confront his uncle John Jasper, the church choir regent, and Edwin fights Neville Landles, who is in love with Rose, leading to his disappearance.
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The Morning Round
Title: The Morning Round
Character: Alik
Released: April 9, 1980
Type: Movie
Doctor Nechayev lives by the concerns of his patients. This is a man of remarkable mental qualities and a highly qualified specialist in cardiology, but he is completely unadapted to life in everyday life and imperceptibly lost himself, did not do much of what he dreamed of and did not understand the selfless love of a young student Alya. The doctor gradually puts an end to his hopes and dreams – they fade into the background, supplanted by work in the hospital.
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Today and Tomorrow
Title: Today and Tomorrow
Character: Александр Григорьевич Рассолов
Released: March 3, 1980
Type: Movie
The film raises environmental issues and examines the nature of the relationship between the manager and the team.
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Three Years
Title: Three Years
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Alexey visits his seriously ill sister and meets a nice young woman Julia. After a while, Laptev decides to marry her, but the relationship is not going to be simple.
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Hurry to Do Good
Title: Hurry to Do Good
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
The film-play tells about a teenage girl with a difficult fate, who by chance ended up in someone else's family, about difficult relationships with the people who sheltered her.
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The Circus Boy
Title: The Circus Boy
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
This story is about the events of the beginning of the century, the circus, in which the favorite of the troupe Alesha grew up. After the mother - acrobat Maria-Louise died, his childhood was over. Revolutionary events influenced the fate of a small circus - and the boy was left alone. But when in his life appeared Bolshevik Stepan Ratushny, Alyosha again began to perform in the circus.
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Say a Word for the Poor Hussar
Title: Say a Word for the Poor Hussar
Character: Полковник Покровский
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
The small town agog Hussars entry. Love between cornet and the young actress suddenly faces intrigue made by a St. Petersburg bureaucrat. The actress father dies after being involved in this game and perspectives look dark... But evil will eventually be defeated by the nobility, loyalty and love.
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The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut
Title: The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut
Character: Тенвиль
Released: December 31, 1979
Type: Movie
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The Garage
Title: The Garage
Character: Sidorin
Released: November 23, 1979
Type: Movie
An automotive highway is scheduled to be built through the territory of a garage cooperative. A special meeting of the cooperative takes place to reduce the number of garages. As all was already decided and arranged by the chairholder and the board, the decision passes easily at the meeting. But one unexpected event happens - the meeting room's entrance has been locked by an anonymous member and the key is missing...
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The Centaurs
Title: The Centaurs
Character: Andres
Released: January 29, 1979
Type: Movie
The story takes place in an unnamed Latin Country.
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Islands in the Stream
Title: Islands in the Stream
Released: November 25, 1978
Type: Movie
TV version of a play based on Ernest Hemingway's posthumous novel.
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Players
Title: Players
Released: August 10, 1978
Type: Movie
The play is about the Game, about creativity, which this time turned into the form of a brilliant speck. Skillfully, talentedly and artistically, the victim of the same players as himself, Ikharev does not suffer a catastrophe, because his "Adelaide Ivanovna" remains with him. Tool and mascot of his game. His secret manuscript ...
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Cabbages and Kings
Title: Cabbages and Kings
Character: Frank Goodwin
Released: June 6, 1978
Type: Movie
Фильм создан в жанре музыкальной комедии по мотивам знаменитого юмористического романа О"Генри "Короли и капуста". Действие фильма разворачивается в условной стране "Анчурия", где каждый год выбирают нового президента. Так бы все и шло своим чередом в островной Анчурии, если бы не чемоданчик с сотнями тысяч долларов, вдруг обнаружившийся у местного брадобрея, и таинственный незнакомец, однажды выброшенный волной на анчурский берег.
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Postman's Tale
Title: Postman's Tale
Character: (voice)
Released: March 10, 1978
Type: Movie
Based on the tale of the same name by Karel Capek about postal gnomes.
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An Almost Funny Story
Title: An Almost Funny Story
Released: July 27, 1977
Type: Movie
The younger of two sisters living together suddenly meets the love of her life...
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Do You Want to Be an Actress, Girl?
Title: Do You Want to Be an Actress, Girl?
Released: June 1, 1977
Type: Movie
A young girl traumatized by her mother death is becoming an actress.
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The Golden Fleece
Title: The Golden Fleece
Released: January 13, 1977
Type: Movie
Eight very different people are looking for a treasure on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean.
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The Holiday of Disobedience
Title: The Holiday of Disobedience
Character: (voice)
Released: January 3, 1977
Type: Movie
About that, how parents abandoned the disobedient children and returned only then, when they reformed.
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Fight in a Blizzard
Title: Fight in a Blizzard
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
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Daylight Train
Title: Daylight Train
Released: June 6, 1976
Type: Movie
Two old friends living in Moscow and St. Petersburg are hoping to get their children married.
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Story of an Unknown Actor
Title: Story of an Unknown Actor
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
The of an actor in a provincial theatre.
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Hello, I'm Your Aunt!
Title: Hello, I'm Your Aunt!
Character: Brasset, Lackey
Released: December 26, 1975
Type: Movie
A funny comedy based on famous Brandon Thomas' play "Charley's Aunt".
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Widower's Houses
Title: Widower's Houses
Released: November 22, 1975
Type: Movie
Two friends, Harry and William, meet the respectable Mr. Sartorius and his lovely daughter Blanche on the trip. Harry falls in love with Blanche and proposes to her. But it suddenly turns out that Sartorius made his entire fortune through fraud. What should an honest young man do?
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Title: Olga Sergeevna
Character: Троянкин
Released: October 13, 1975
Type: TV
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Olga Sergeevna
Title: Olga Sergeevna
Character: Troyakin
Released: October 13, 1975
Type: Movie
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The Magic Skin
Title: The Magic Skin
Released: September 11, 1975
Type: Movie
Struggling with financial loss, a poet receives a shagreen leather from an antiquities shop, fulfilling his wishes
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Ivan and Marya
Title: Ivan and Marya
Character: казначей
Released: July 28, 1975
Type: Movie
Between the king and the soldier Ivan a serious dispute occurs. A seasoned soldier, of course, takes precedence over the quarrelsome sovereign. But until then happen in the Kingdom a lot of unusual and fun…
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На всю оставшуюся жизнь
Title: На всю оставшуюся жизнь
Released: June 15, 1975
Type: Movie
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From Lopatin's Notes
Title: From Lopatin's Notes
Released: February 2, 1975
Type: Movie
Based on the stories of the same cycle of Konstantin Simonov, who visited as a war correspondent almost on all fronts of the great Patriotic war.
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Girl Without Dowry
Title: Girl Without Dowry
Character: Сергей Сергеевич Паратов
Released: November 19, 1974
Type: Movie
Unlike her sisters, Larisa Ogudolova refuses to obey her mother's wish that she marry a wealthy old man in order to collect a dowry, but falls in love with a dashing scoundrel who soon betrays her.
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Tanya
Title: Tanya
Character: German
Released: November 13, 1974
Type: Movie
The story of a couple chasing their dreams amid the challenges of life in the postwar Soviet Union. Based on Aleksei Arbuzov's play.
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Цемент
Title: Цемент
Released: November 7, 1974
Type: Movie
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Moscow, My Love
Title: Moscow, My Love
Character: choreographer
Released: October 17, 1974
Type: Movie
A young talented dancer from Japan is invited to study ballet art at a school at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. She achieves professional success, for the first time real love comes to her. However, the girl’s happiness was short-lived — a sudden illness of blood interferes in the fate of the dancer, like an echo of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, where her parents lived.
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Dombey & Son
Title: Dombey & Son
Released: September 4, 1974
Type: Movie
The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.
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Lot
Title: Lot
Character: Innokentiy Zhiltsov
Released: June 6, 1974
Type: Movie
Young hockey player try his best to become success goal-keeper.
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Long-Haired Wonder
Title: Long-Haired Wonder
Released: June 6, 1974
Type: Movie
A story based on life events of famous gymnast Olga Korbut.
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Сергеев ищет Сергеева
Title: Сергеев ищет Сергеева
Character: Anatoliy Anatolyevich Petelin
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
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Balalaykin and K
Title: Balalaykin and K
Released: May 28, 1973
Type: Movie
The performance of the Sovremennik Theater directed by G. A. Tovstonogov.
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Some Words in Honour of Mr. De Molière
Title: Some Words in Honour of Mr. De Molière
Released: May 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Episodes from the life of Molière with scenes from his play, revealing the tragic picture of the confrontation between the great playwright and the authorities.
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Как кошка с собакой
Title: Как кошка с собакой
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
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The Man from the Other Side
Title: The Man from the Other Side
Character: Andrey Izvolskiy
Released: March 26, 1972
Type: Movie
After the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917. A Russian engineer gets the assignment to purchase locomotives from Sweden. Paid in gold. Claimed by the opponents of the revolution.
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The Night at 14th Parallel
Title: The Night at 14th Parallel
Released: March 20, 1972
Type: Movie
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Записки Пиквикского клуба
Title: Записки Пиквикского клуба
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
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Allow Take-Off!
Title: Allow Take-Off!
Character: Viktor Azancheyev
Released: December 8, 1971
Type: Movie
A new pilot arrives to a far away airport forcing the old veteran to retire.
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The Road to Rübezahl
Title: The Road to Rübezahl
Character: Apanasenko
Released: July 26, 1971
Type: Movie
The German anti-fascist Max in 1939 emigrated to the USSR. During the Great Patriotic War, he fought in the Soviet partisan detachment and died, performing a responsible mission. After many years, her companion in guerrilla warfare, Lyudmila, was able to realize their common dream — to climb to the top of Mount Rübezahl.
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Ordinary story
Title: Ordinary story
Character: Surkov
Released: December 31, 1970
Type: Movie
The film is a play based on the novel “An Ordinary History” by Ivan Goncharov directed by the Sovremennik Moscow Theater. The main roles were played by Oleg Tabakov, Mikhail Kozakov, Lyudmila Ivanova, Anastasia Vertinskaya and others.
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The Amazing Boy
Title: The Amazing Boy
Character: Doctor Kapa
Released: September 1, 1970
Type: Movie
After professor creates a robot who looks like blue-eyed boy the criminals become very interested in the invention.
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Family Happiness
Title: Family Happiness
Released: June 8, 1970
Type: Movie
Omnibus film featuring early works by Chekhov
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A Ballad of Love
Title: A Ballad of Love
Character: Nikolai
Released: February 20, 1970
Type: Movie
Leningrade. Galina works as a restorer at Catherine Palace; she is a sculptor as well and takes her profession very seriously and enthusiastically. Vera, a friend from art school, sees her loneliness and introduces her to her husband's colleagues - friendly Mitya and mysterious Andrey. Soon Galina finds herself torn between the two men.
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Wait For Me, Anna
Title: Wait For Me, Anna
Released: September 29, 1969
Type: Movie
A love story during wartime.
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New Girl
Title: New Girl
Released: April 7, 1969
Type: Movie
A talented athlete joins the USSR gymnastics team.
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Intervention
Title: Intervention
Character: Солдат антанты
Released: June 6, 1968
Type: Movie
The movie is set during the last days of a foreign intervention against Soviet Russia. Police are searching everywhere for a Bolshevik named Brodsky but cannot find him. Meanwhile, a man named Michel Voronov serves as a teacher to a rich woman's son, Zhen'ka.
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The First Courier
Title: The First Courier
Character: Nikolay Fon Getsberg
Released: March 1, 1968
Type: Movie
The beginning of the XX century. In Munich, the Leninist "Iskra", an illegal newspaper of Russian Social Democrats, began to appear. The Russian conspirator Konkordiya arrives from Munich at the railway station of the Bulgarian port city Varna. She meets the Bulgarian Ivan Zagubanski and gives him two suitcases with false bottoms, which contain a secret consignment of the latest issue of a newspaper. About the young, courageous revolutionary Ivan Zagubanski, who was one of the first couriers to bring Iskra from abroad. The film showed an ideological, moral clash of people preparing a revolution with the guardians of the royal order.
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Калиф-аист
Title: Калиф-аист
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
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We Are Russian People
Title: We Are Russian People
Character: Boer
Released: January 16, 1966
Type: Movie
Based on a novel by Vsevolod Vishnevsky. January 1917. The workers and peasants of Russia, hunted by the tsarist government in the trenches, forced to defend alien interests of the king, the landowners and exploiters-capitalists. Bolshevik worker Yakov Orel, selflessly performing party mission, said the soldiers the truth about war, about revolution, about what the overthrow of the autocracy does not mean the liberation of the workers from the yoke of landlords and capitalists exploitation. For example, one regiment of the film reflects the events that took place in the whole of the Russian army between February and October 1917.
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Russkiy Suvenir
Title: Russkiy Suvenir
Character: Claude Gerald
Released: June 27, 1960
Type: Movie
The end of the 1950s. The Chinese passenger plane, following the Beijing-Moscow flight, enters a thunderstorm and makes an emergency landing in the Baikal region. In addition to the Soviet citizen Varvara Komarova, all other passengers are foreigners. Using a stop, they explore new cities and get acquainted with the life, work and rest of Soviet people.
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Normandy - Neman
Title: Normandy - Neman
Character: Mille
Released: February 24, 1960
Type: Movie
A certain number of French fighter pilots who will not accept the Second Armistice at Compiègne nor Vichy's orders decide to join the USSR. Once they have reached Moscow they resume training and form a squadron they call "Normandie". Reinforced in 1944, the squadron wins many victories. Following the acts of valor displayed by its pilots during the Battle of the Nieman River, it becomes the "Normandie-Niemen" squadron for the rest of times...
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Aleksa Dundic
Title: Aleksa Dundic
Released: May 18, 1958
Type: Movie
Life and times of Aleksa Dundic, a volunteer in the Serb army during WW1, who later became a legend by fighting for the Red Army in the Russian Civil War.
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Poet
Title: Poet
Released: February 9, 1957
Type: Movie
Soviet propaganda film about communists plotting a violent attack on a Russian city. A local poet helps the communists and they glorify his poem about Lenin.
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Murder on Dante Street
Title: Murder on Dante Street
Character: Marsel Ruzhe
Released: June 2, 1956
Type: Movie
A story about tragic events in France during the German occupation in WWII.