Paul Schrader, writer of “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull,” has signed to write a drama about Mathilde Kschessinska, a famed Russian ballerina and mistress to the last Russian tsar, in a ground-breaking project backed by the Kremlin. Producers David American producers David Weisman and Anatoly Davydov announced the project at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday. The film will be financed by the V. Vinokur Fund for the Support of Russian Culture & Arts under the auspices of the Kremlin, and is an unusual collaboration between a renowned American screenwriter and a...
- 5/17/2012
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
Cannes -- Writer-director Paul Schrader will write the story of the adored and reviled Russian prima ballerina Mathilde Kschessinska, a mistress to the last Russian tsar described by producers as "the ultimate femme fatale." Photos: Cannes 2012: Competition Lineup Features 'Cosmopolis,' 'Moonrise Kingdom,' 'Killing Them Softly' The biopic -- which is being financed by a Kremlin-backed fund -- is being produced by Russian comedian, pop singer and TV host Vladimir Vinokur and Russian ballet impresario Vladislav Moskalev in collaboration with American producers David Weisman (Kiss of the Spider Woman) and Anatoly Davydov. The movie, the first time a
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- 5/17/2012
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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