Danielle Steel's Zoya - Parts 1 & 2 (1995)

ZERO stars...

...for Melissa Gilbert. She is absolutely pathetic as the main carachter. I can't believe they showed her dancing ballet, as a teenager. She looks like a fat, white duck, absolutely graceless, fat and stumbling in the stage. Ridiculous. Plus, the historical mishaps already mentioned by other reviewers. Bruce Boxleitner still very handsome; pity Clayton was a short lived character. June 18, 2008

Kirov Ballet in 1917..........

What a fake!
Zoya comes to audition to Diaghilev's company in Paris and tells to - hm.. well... looks like to Anna Pavlova: " Before I left Russia I worked for what you call here Kirov Ballet"...
Sergei Kirov was a member of Russian Communist Party, he was killed in 1931 and only after that the former Mariinsky Theatre was renamed in his honor.. I do not understand how such mistake could be commemorated in a relatively well done movie... But probably it's worth it to buy this DVD just to enjoy hearing this line over and over again...
Danielle Steel is famous of not caring about historical facts, her other "Gem Of Fake " about Russia - "Granny Dan "... March 9, 2008

Danielle Steel's Zoya - Parts 1 & 2

Received in good time and in good condition June 7, 2007

Heather's "Zoya" Review

I wanted to see this film after watching on television another one of the films based on one of her books. What drew me to it was how Zoya escaped the fate of her family. If I could get a few of her books I want to read on dvd instead, I would buy them too. January 19, 2007

~Zoya~ Movie

I had read the book first and loved it. So I was eager to watch the movie of it.
I understand that the books are always better than movie version, and they have to cut scenes out from the book, but they not only cut through (what seems as half the book) they also changed so much of the story. Had I saw the movie first, I probably wouldn't have wanted to read the book.
The story itself (for the movie version) is still good. It does connect you to the book even more.
I wasn't too thrilled with Melissa Gilbert as Zoya, she did ok. Simon wasn't really what I expected either. But the other characters were great. Bruce filled the role of Clayton perfectly.
If you haven't read the book, I would recommend reading the book first, then watching the movie.
September 1, 2006

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