Oleg

Local title
Oleg Vidovi lugu
Title in Russian
История Олега Видова
Original title
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
Director
Nadia Tass
Country
USA
Year
2020
Programme
Doc@PÖFF
Genre
biographical film

Based on his soon to be published autobiography, "Oleg" tells the incredible life story of Oleg Vidov. Born in communist Russia to a teacher, by the age of 25, Oleg had become one of the Soviet Union’s most celebrated actors of his time. However, no amount of fame could save him from the political system that tried to control his life.

He married into General Secretary Brezhnev’s inner circle only to wind up blacklisted, threatened with death, and forced to defect to the West. Reinventing himself in Hollywood, his efforts to counter anti-Russian stereotypes were attacked by the same forces that ruined his career decades earlier.

Director
Nadia Tass
Screenwriter
Cory Taylor
Cast
Vladimir Andreyev, Radyk Ayupov, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Leonid Berdichevskiy, Joan Borsten
Producer
Joan Borsten Vidov
Editor
Leonard Feinstein, Cory Taylor
Music
Andrea Guerra
Production
Films by Jove
Runtime
Language
English, Russian
Other festivals
Moscow
Director
Nadia Tass

Nadia Tass (snd 1965)

Valik: Malcolm (1986), Mr. Reliable (My Entire Life,1996), Matching Jack (2010), Lea to the Rescue (2016), Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story (2021, doc)

Screenings

4th Lux Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening010301 / Oleg Vidovi lugu
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Hall 2 Kino Artis
Screening091604 / Oleg Vidovi lugu
Q&A guestsJoan Borsten - Producer
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8th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening100603 / Oleg Vidovi lugu
Q&A guestsJoan Borsten - Producer
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Trailer