Central Studio of Documentary Films
Stars Meet in Moscow 1959
Documentary essay about the First Moscow International Film Festival, held in August 1959, about its participants and guests - Soviet and foreign actors, directors who came to the film forum.
The Fall of Berlin 1945
Documentary on the fall of the nazi Germany's capital, Berlin, edited and directed by the soviet filmmaker Yelizaveta Svilova
Velikoye proshchaniye 1953
March 9th, 1953. A gray, sad day. Clouds float low over the Kremlin towers. A city that unrecognizably grew, prettier and matured - this Moscow froze in solemn grief. The country escorts its father and leader, Joseph Stalin.
Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder 1979
About the difficult political situation in the world related to the arms race.
The Caspian Story 1953
A story of the exploits carried out by the oil technicians of Baku for the exploitation of the black gold deposit of the Caspian Sea.
Papanin Squad 1938
About how the operation to rescue the members of the expedition 'North Pole-1' under the leadership of Ivan Papanin took place.
Sergei Eisenstein 1958
Documentary made for the 60th anniversary of Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein.
Yves Montand is Singing 1957
The tour of the French singer Yves Montand and actress Simone Signoret to the USSR in 1956.
Cinema in Russia 1979
Documentary film about early years of Russian cinema: its first directors, cameramen, producers and actors. Includes rare fragments of pre-revolutionary feature films, newsreels and Starewicz's animation.
The Letter to a Chinese Friend 1969
Film by Aleksandr Medvekin to a metonymic Chinese friend, advocating against Mao and the Ussuri River Skirmish.
Nuremberg Trials 1946
This riveting Russian documentary takes you inside the trials of the notorious German war criminals, brought to trial to account for their actions. The footage includes excerpts from the trials of many of the senior Nazis including Goebels and Goring.
Island Ablazed 1961
Documentary recounting the story of the Cuban Revolution and its impact on the young people of Cuba.
Law of Baseness 1962
Taking the viewer on a tour through several African nations and using the full range of agit-prop aesthetics in its imagery, didactic voice-over and melodramatic soundtrack, Law of Baseness offers a scathing anti-colonialist and anti-capitalist indictment of the Western world.
Vienna 1945
On April 13, 1945, in the dramatic final months of the Second World War, the Red Army liberated Vienna from German occupation following a two-week offensive. This film by renowned Sovietdocumentarian Posel’skij deftly captures the emotional impact of one of history’s defining moments.
World Without a Game 1966
Documentary portrait of Dziga Vertov, father of documentary cinema.
The Magic Beam 1963
“The Magic Beam” is a film essay woven together from newsreels and documentary material from different decades, fragments of hundreds of non-fiction and fiction Soviet films of the 1910s-1960s.
One Day in Soviet Russia 1941
On August 24th of 1940 a group of cameramen cross the immense territory of the Soviet Union before it was attacked by Nazi Germany, and capture multiple aspects of life in this new world.
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man 1984
The director's reflections on the modern politics of the Reagan administration.
Ukraine in Flames 1943
A 1943 Soviet war propaganda film by Ukrainian director Oleksandr Dovzhenko and Yuliya Solntseva. It is Dovzhenko's second World War II documentary, and dealt with the Battle of Kharkov. The film incorporates German footage of the invasion of Ukraine, which was later captured by the Soviets.
