Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Introduction: Stardust, Ephemera, and Surrogates for Divinities 1
4. CHAPTER 1 Eugeniusz Bodo: The Star Who Stole the Show 33
5. CHAPTER 2 The Bondarchuk Dynasty: Two Generations of Imperial(ist) State-Sponsored Celebrities 57
6. CHAPTER 3 Aňa Geislerová: An Evolved Interwar Celebrity for the Post-Totalitarian Era 82
7. CHAPTER 4 Straddling Multiple Spheres: Liudmila Gurchenko 101
8. CHAPTER 5 Agnieszka Holland’s Starburst Career: From Persona Non Grata to International Celebrity on Multiple Fronts 125
9. CHAPTER 6 Krystyna Janda: My Way 156
10. CHAPTER 7 Renata Litvinova’s (Anti-)Imperial Sublime 187
11. CHAPTER 8 Small-Scale Hedonism as Rebellion: Jiří Menzel’s Irresistible Union of Sex and Laughter 207
12. CHAPTER 9 Pretty and Macho: The Eroticized Physicality of Daniel Olbrychski 237
13. CHAPTER 10 Liubov′ Orlova: Dialectic of Knowledge and Mystery 270
14. CHAPTER 11 Volodymyr Zelensky: From Actor to Captain Ukraine 294
15. Index 325