Behind Natacha Rambova's Shadow

Jul 6, 2019

0h 55m

★ 5.0

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Produccions de Ferro

La Perifèrica

Behind Natacha Rambova's Shadow Trailers

Cast

Herself - Narrator (voice)

Noemí Garcíes

Herself - Dance Historian

Jane Prichthard

Herself - Writer and Film Historian

Drake Stutesman

Himself - Historian

Pere de Montaner

Himself - Writer

José Carlos Llop

Himself - Historian

Josep Massot i Muntaner

Himself - Researcher

David Jorge

Himself - Egyptologist

John Darnell

Herself - Egyptologist

Colleen Darnell

Herself / Various Roles (archive footage)

Natacha Rambova

Various Roles (archive footage)

Theodore Kosloff

Various Roles (archive footage)

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