The memoir
Oleg Vidov: A Memoir
“The Robert Redford of Soviet Cinema.” Deborah Caulfield, Los Angeles Times
By Oleg Vidov and Joan Borsten Vidov. Translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis. Vidov Publishing.
Out November 9, 2026. $29.95 in print, $12.99 on Kindle. Pre-order it on Amazon.
For press: the press kit and who to write to are on the press page.
Inside
Contents
00
Prologue: To Oleg with Love
01
Stories from My Childhood
02
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
03
My First Roles
04
A Star Is Born
05
The Red Mantle
06
There Are No Small Parts, Only Small Actors
07
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
08
On a Roll
09
Trouble in Paradise
10
Moscow, My Love
11
The Great Escape
12
All Roads Lead to Rome
13
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
14
Red Heat
15
Wild Orchid
16
Back in the U.S.S.R.
17
Up, Up, and Away
18
And Then We Were Three
19
From Russia with Love
20
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
21
Amerika, Amerika
22
Forgiven
23
I’ll Do It My Way
24
Epilogue: Oleg, Farewell!
Get the book
Out November 9, 2026
$29.95 print, $12.99 Kindle
Pre-order it on Amazon. The price, the release date and the format are on the shop page.
