From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff (1999)

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Release Date: 1999

Duration: 105min

Category: Biography, Film, TV & Radio, Film & Television History

Cast: Gregory Peck, Lloyd Bridges, Anthony Quinn, Robert Stack, John Berry, Patricia Neal, Leslie Caron, Sharon Gless, Beatrice Straight, Mala Powers, Ford Rainey, Craig Sheffer, Hurd Hatfield, Frederick Keeve

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Michael Chekhov and George Shdanoff were Russian expatriates who came to Hollywood and became two of the best known and most influential acting coaches in the film industry; Chekhov was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in Spellbound, and as... more

Michael Chekhov and George Shdanoff were Russian expatriates who came to Hollywood and became two of the best known and most influential acting coaches in the film industry; Chekhov was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in Spellbound, and as a teacher he and his associate Shdanoff helped guide the careers of Leslie Caron, Patricia Neal, Gregory Peck, Rex Harrison, Marilyn Monroe and Clint Eastwood. From Russia to Hollywood provides a glimpse into their lives and careers as Chekhov flees Russia for Germany after the Communist government expresses its displeasure with his productions for the Moscow Art Theater (Stanislavsky considered Chekhov a genius, but the government considered him ideologically unsound). When the Nazis began to rise to power, Chekhov relocated to the United States, where he taught acting when not busy with his own career on the stage and screen. Here, several of Chekhov and Shdanoff's better known students discuss their work and how their teachings effected a generation of Hollywood actors. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide less