/45AETc2BItaDLb1YCh0oQ8BsfKS.jpg

Behind Natacha Rambova's Shadow (2019)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 55M

Director : Georgina Sas, Cesc Mulet

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Noemí Garcíes
Noemí Garcíes
Herself - Narrator (voice)
Jane Prichthard
Jane Prichthard
Herself - Dance Historian
Drake Stutesman
Drake Stutesman
Herself - Writer and Film Historian
Pere de Montaner
Pere de Montaner
Himself - Historian
José Carlos Llop
José Carlos Llop
Himself - Writer
Josep Massot i Muntaner
Josep Massot i Muntaner
Himself - Historian
David Jorge
David Jorge
Himself - Researcher
John Darnell
John Darnell
Himself - Egyptologist
Colleen Darnell
Colleen Darnell
Herself - Egyptologist
Natacha Rambova
Natacha Rambova
Herself / Various Roles (archive footage)
Theodore Kosloff
Theodore Kosloff
Various Roles (archive footage)
Alla Nazimova
Alla Nazimova
Various Roles (archive footage)
Rudolph Valentino
Rudolph Valentino
Himself / Various Roles (archive footage)

Crews

Georgina Sas
Georgina Sas
Director
Cesc Mulet
Cesc Mulet
Director
Georgina Sas
Georgina Sas
Writer
Cesc Mulet
Cesc Mulet
Writer
Núria Cano
Núria Cano
Producer
Nuria Guillen
Nuria Guillen
Editor
Joan Ernest Castells
Joan Ernest Castells
Original Music Composer
Francisco Albéniz
Francisco Albéniz
Original Music Composer
Jaume Caldentey
Jaume Caldentey
Director of Photography
Jaume Caldentey
Jaume Caldentey
Sound
Ángel García
Ángel García
Director of Photography
Ángel García
Ángel García
Sound
Pablo Bujosa
Pablo Bujosa
Director of Photography
Ana Cabello
Ana Cabello
Graphic Designer
Xesca Rebassa
Xesca Rebassa
Graphic Designer
Roberto Rodríguez
Roberto Rodríguez
Graphic Designer
Gloria Gálvez
Gloria Gálvez
Set Decoration
Joan Bonet
Joan Bonet
Sound Mixer
Toni Gomila
Toni Gomila
Executive Producer
Montse Rodríguez
Montse Rodríguez
Executive Producer
Cesc Mulet
Cesc Mulet
Executive Producer
Nacho Tejedor
Nacho Tejedor
Executive Producer
Cristina Bugallo
Cristina Bugallo
Producer
Fátima Riera
Fátima Riera
Producer

Trailers and other movies

Posters and backgrounds

/45AETc2BItaDLb1YCh0oQ8BsfKS.jpg

Similar

Corman's World
A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film industry, a pioneer of independent filmmaking and discoverer of new talent.
Pain and Glory
Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia, the eighties in Madrid, the present, when he feels an immeasurable emptiness, facing his mortality, the incapability of continuing filming, the impossibility of separating creation from his own life. The need of narrating his past can be his salvation.
The Devil's Backbone
Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.
Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock
A reckless joyride into the darkest corners of popular music that delves deep into the mind of Mick Rock, the genius photographer who immortalized the seventies and the rise to rock stardom of many legendary musicians.
While at War
Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end. But when the confrontation becomes bloody, Unamuno must question his initial position.
Burden of Dreams
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Besieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco (1946-2016) asks Bárbara Paz, his wife, for one last wish: to be the protagonist of his own death.
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist whose genius and inner demons changed the Western genre forever.
RKO 281
In 1939, boy-wonder Orson Welles leaves New York, where he has succeeded in radio and theater, and, hired by RKO Pictures, moves to Hollywood with the purpose of making his first film.
Final Portrait
Paris, 1964. The Swiss sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti, one of the most accomplished and respected artists of his generation, asks his friend, the American writer James Lord, to sit for a portrait, assuring him that it will take no longer than two or three hours, an afternoon at the most.
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.
Salinger
An in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), who lived most of his life behind the impenetrable wall of a self-imposed seclusion: how his dramatic experiences during World War II influenced his life and work, his relationships with very young women, his obsessive writing methods, his many literary secrets.
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge success as one of the greatest film comedians of all time; an obsessive artist so dedicated to his work that neglected his loved ones and sacrificed part of his own personality to convincingly create that of his many memorable characters.
The Lovers and the Despot
Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following orders from dictator Kim Jong-il. Her ex-husband, film director Shin Sang-ok, undertakes her search, but soon after he is kidnapped as well. In 1983, after living through years of tribulations, Kim Jong-il puts them in charge of the North Korean film industry in the hope of gaining international recognition.
S Is for Stanley
The incredible story of the Italian Emilio D'Alessandro, personal driver of the great director Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999), who met Emilio by chance in London in 1971 and hired him, thus establishing a deep friendship that lasted thirty years and helped create four masterpieces of cinema. A moving tale about two seemingly opposing people who found their ideal travel companion far away from home…
21 Years: Richard Linklater
A journey through the professional life of innovative film director Richard Linklater: 21 years creating films, carving his signature in pop culture; an analysis of his style and motivations, through the funny and moving testimonies of close friends and collaborators, actors and other filmmakers.
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
An account of the professional and personal life of renowned American photographer Annie Leibovitz, from her early artistic endeavors to her international success as a photojournalist, war reporter, and pop culture chronicler.
Suffragettes, with Lucy Worsley
The story of the struggle for the women's vote is much more than just the account of the exploits of Emmeline Pankhurst or the tragic fate of Emily Davidson. Lucy Worsley puts herself at the heart of the drama, alongside a group of astonishing young working class suffragettes who decided to go against every rule and expectation that British Edwardian society (1901-1910) had about them…
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
In his early days as an actor, Marlon Brando (1924-2004) was a shy young man with theatrical ambitions, like many others; but his charisma and superb acting skills made him truly unique, so that the doors to the starry sky of Hollywood opened for him. However, his peculiar manners, political commitment and complicated love life always overshadowed his artistic success.
Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution
Russia, 1917. After the abdication of Czar Nicholas II Romanov, the struggle for power confronts allies, enemies, factions and ideas; a ruthless battle between democracy and authoritarianism that will end with the takeover of the government by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks.