‘People are fascinated it’s a true story’: Nadia Tass on capturing a Russian icon in ‘Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story’

After the Australian premiere of Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story at CinefestOZ in 2021, director Nadia Tass began to realise she’d captured not only the story of the celebrated Soviet actor but that of others for whom Vidov had been a symbol.

The documentary, which charts Vidov’s rise to becoming one of the most well-known actors of his generation by 25 before his failed first marriage leads to him being blacklisted and forced to defect to the West, resonated on a level that surprised even the filmmaker.

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