Apr 23, 2021
90 min
Full-HD

Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story (2021)

Oleg Vidov — one of the Soviet Union's most beloved actors — was persecuted, blacklisted and pushed to the breaking point before escaping to the West and achieving the American dream.

Category

Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

Films by Jove

Brian Cox

Narrator (voice)

Costa Ronin

Oleg Vidov (voice)

Oleg Vidov

Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Andreyev

Self

Radyk Ayupov

Self

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Self

Leonid Berdichevskiy

Self

Joan Borsten

Self

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