Valentin Gaft Movies

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...

Eldar Ryazanov reads his poetry. An introspective movie on his multifaceted work.

The author's remake of the famous New Year's comedy is not an exact copy of the original. Festive mess in the same House of Culture, where they...

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...

A story about one of the big battles of WWII.

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...

Prima-ballerina Elena Knyazeva prepares for her performance on the anniversary jubilee for the theater Swan Lake on the eve of her fiftieth birthday...

A dance troupe from the autonomous region of Abkhazia in western Georgia perform for Stalin, Lavrentiy Beria, Abkhaz leader Nestor Lakoba, and other...

The story begins on New Year's Eve. The editor of the newspaper Orest Orlov offers the successful 35-year-old correspondent Ksenia to take a candid...

Two old friends living in Moscow and St. Petersburg are hoping to get their children married.

In the new Russia, former middle class citizens find themselves out in the dumps. Literally. They build homes, elect their own government, work, beg,...

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...

A funny comedy based on famous Brandon Thomas' play "Charley's Aunt".

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...

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...

A drama about a psychological duel between a police detective and career criminal.

The story about an enamored singing dog who isn't thoroughbred - that's a minus, but honorable - that's a plus.

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...

Four old friends are experiencing various troubles adapting to the new times in modern Russia.