They adored him in the USSR, but he chose life in America: a film about the legendary Oleg Vidov will be shown in New York

Soviet and American actor Oleg Vidov was a legend in Soviet cinema, although he had a controversial reputation. Having gained immense popularity in the USSR, he chose life in America and never regretted it.

On April 30, the premiere of the documentary Oleg based on his autobiography will take place in New York. Tickets can be purchased here to register:.

This is a story about the search for freedom. The film includes interviews with world-famous actors, directors and friends of Oleg, conversations with them were recorded in 8 countries by his widow, the famous Hollywood producer Joan Borsten-Vidov. The film uses unique photo and video materials from the personal archive of Oleg Vidov, frames from iconic Soviet and foreign films with his participation. The music for the film was written by Tonino Guerra's son composer Andrea Guerra, and Brian Cox, Costa Ronin and Leonard Feinstein also worked on the film.

The film has already become a participant in 17 international film festivals - in Australia, Russia, Estonia, Czech Republic, Croatia, Israel, England, Serbia and the USA. The jury of the Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival (Rhode Island, USA), Prague Independent Film Festival (Prague, Czech Republic) and Crystal Palace International Film Festival in London awarded the film as the best documentary.

After the premiere, all guests will meet with Joan Borsten, film producer and widow of Oleg Vidov, as well as actor Kosta Ronin, who voiced Vidov in the documentary.