title: Valentina (1981 film)
text: # Valentina (1981 film)
  
  Valentina (Russian: Валентина) is a 1981 Soviet drama film directed by Gleb Panfilov.
  
  ## Plot
  
  The film takes place in a small taiga settlement. The film tells about the 18-year-old girl Valentina, who is in love with the investigator and does not hide her feelings. But here's the trouble: the aggressive Pavel loves her and believes that she will become his wife.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Rodion Nahapetov as Vladimir Mikhailovich Shamanov - a policeman-investigator (as Rodion Nakhapetov)
  * Inna Churikova as Anna Vasilievna Khoroshikh - the dining-room host
  * Yuri Grebenshchikov as Afanasi Dergachov - Anna's husband
  * Sergey Koltakov as Pavel 'Pashka' - Anna's son
  * Darya Mikhaylova as Valentina - the dining-room waitress (as Dasha Mikhailova)
  * Vasili Korzun as Fyodor Pomigalov - Valentina's father
  * Larisa Udovichenko as Zinaida 'Zina' Kashkina - a pharmacist
  * Vsevolod Shilovsky as Innokenti Stepanovich Mechetkin - an accountant
  * Maksim Munzuk as Ilya Eremeyev
  * Anatoli Panfilov as The diesel-electric power station operator
  