Behind Natacha Rambova's Shadow (2019)
Overview
The adventurous life of Natacha Rambova (1897-1966), an American artist, born Winifred Kimball Shaughnessy, who reincarnated herself countless times: false Russian dancer, silent film actress, scenographer and costume designer, writer, spiritist, Egyptologist, indefatigable traveler, mysterious and curious; an amazing 20th century woman who created the myth of Rudolph Valentino.
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Additional Info
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| Original Language | ca |
| Popularity | 0.742 |
Directed By
Cesc Mulet
Georgina Sas
Crew
Jaume Caldentey
Georgina Sas
Ángel García
Núria Cano
Núria Guillén
Francisco Albéniz
Roberto Rodríguez
Ana Cabello
Cesc Mulet
Joan Ernest Castells
Cesc Mulet
Gloria Gálvez
Montse Rodríguez
Xesca Rebassa
Nacho Tejedor
Jaume Caldentey
Ángel García
Joan Bonet
Pablo Bujosa
Toni Gomila
Cristina Bugallo
Fátima Riera
Cesc Mulet
Georgina Sas
TOP CAST
Noemí Garcíes
Herself - Narrator (voice)
Jane Prichthard
Herself - Dance Historian
Drake Stutesman
Herself - Writer and Film Historian
Pere de Montaner
Himself - Historian
José Carlos Llop
Himself - Writer
Josep Massot i Muntaner
Himself - Historian
David Jorge
Himself - Researcher
John Darnell
Himself - Egyptologist
Colleen Darnell
Herself - Egyptologist
Natacha Rambova
Herself / Various Roles (archive footage)
Theodore Kosloff
Various Roles (archive footage)
Alla Nazimova
Various Roles (archive footage)
Rudolph Valentino
Himself / Various Roles (archive footage)
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