Behind Natacha Rambova's Shadow
55 min
2019ES
Documentary
User Score
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.
Movie 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)
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