The Oleg Vidov Story

Directed by Nadia Tass

Narrated by Brian Cox (Succession, Adaptation, Troy) and starring Costa Ronin (Homeland, Red Dog, The Americans) as the voice of Oleg Vidov

Featuring interviews with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Joan Borsten Vidov, Leonid Berdichevsky, Cathy Moriaty, Amanda Plummer and many more

A story of freedom and sacrifice, this timely and powerful personal portrait reveals the incredible life story of "the Robert Redford of the USSR", based on Oleg Vidov's soon-to-be posthumously published autobiography.

Born in communist Russia to a schoolteacher, by the age of 25, Oleg Vidov 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.

Oleg - Read more about the film at www.olegvidovfilm.com