| OLEG (97 min) Russia/US |
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Director: Nadia
Tass
Producer: Joan Borsten
Description:
Based on his soon to be published autobiography, OLEG reveals the incredible life story of Oleg Vidov. Born in communist Russia to a schoolteacher, 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. Finally, in October 1991, with Oleg’s fears of persecution calmed by the rise of perestroika, he returned to Moscow to star in a Danish film. Then, two months later, on Christmas Day 1991, President Gorbachev resigned from office and the USSR collapsed.
Biography:
Nadia Tass is
one of Australia's most respected filmmakers. Known for directing
Australian classic films Malcolm,
The Big Steal and Amy.
She has directed films for major studios in Hollywood and her film
work has garnered 68 international awards including some at Cannes
Film Festival and Venice Film Festival. Tass's work in America
includes film and high-end television for Universal Studios, Disney,
Warner Bros, ABC and CBS. Her first feature in the US was Pure
Luck starring Danny Glover and Martin Short. More recent projects are Fatal
Honeymoon starring Harvey Keitel, and Lea
To The Rescue.
Joan Borsten was
a staff reporter for Israel's English language daily The Jerusalem
Post, interviewing leading Israeli politicians and celebrities,
covering the peace process with Egypt and the Israeli Invasion of
Lebanon. Also, she was a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times
Calendar section covering film production and the politics of film
from Poland to West Africa, and Spain to India. She was a president
of US Operations for Carthago Films and then COO of Just Betzer
Films, which produced the Best Foreign Film Oscar winner Babette's
Feast.
In 1988 with Oleg Vidov she formed Films by Jove Inc., which
acquired worldwide rights (excluding the former USSR) to most of the
award-winning animation library of Moscow's Soyuzmultfilm Studio.
Contact Information:
w:
https://www.olegvidovfilm.com/about-oleg-vidov
e: joanborsten@gmail.com, nancy@cinemacollet.com, phillip@cityprinc.com
