The first Russian film star Lyubov Orlova became not only an idol of generations, but also a symbol of her era. She could do everything on screen - sing songs and tap dance, stand at a loom and improvise on the piano, ride a bicycle and spin under a circus big top. In films, she played more simple working women; her Marion Dixon from “The Circus” preferred the USSR, and the scientist Nikitina in “Spring” was a luminary of Soviet science. In life, the actress carefully hid her noble origins and even the fact that she was related to Leo Tolstoy himself. A new book about the brilliant actress lifts the curtain on many of the secrets of her biography.