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.
Central Studio of Documentary Films
Ukraine in Flames 1943
A 1943 Soviet documentary war film by Ukrainian director Alexander 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.
Auschwitz 1945
Soviet documentary shot right after liberation of Auschwitz. Ot was used as evidence by the Soviet prosecution at the Nuremberg trials. In 2014, footage shot by cameraman Aleksandr Vorontsov, as well as his interview given in 1986 for German television, were included in Andre Singer’s documentary “Night Will Fall”.
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.
People's Avengers 1943
About the partisan movement during the Great Patriotic War.
How Do You Do 1988
About prostitution in late USSR. Who are they? Why are they doing it? Are they ashamed? What do foreigners feel and want from it?
Crimean Conference 1945
The Crimean (Yalta) conference of the leaders of the three powers - allies in the Anti-Hitler coalition was held from February 4 to February 11, 1945 in the Livadia Palace near Yalta.
Cinerama's Russian Adventure 1966
Following an introduction by Bing Crosby, the Cinerama screen widens for scenes of landscapes, cities, peoples, and entertainments of the Soviet Union. Highlights include the historic buildings and churches of Moscow, as the Kremlin; its subway and streets, a spring carnival, the seaside resorts on the Black Sea, a trip down the Volga River, skiers, a troika racing along a snow-covered road, a helicopter view of the North Pole, an Antarctic whale hunt, the capture of a wild boar in the Moyun-Kum of Central Asia, a race by reindeer-drawn sleds, divers in the Sea of Okhotsk, battling an octopus, the capture of antelopes, rafting logs down the Tisza River, and the development of new towns in Siberia. Other scenes include a visit to the Moscow Circus, where the renowned clown Oleg Popov performs, the dancing of the Moiseyev and Piatnitsky companies, and excerpts from the repertoire of the Bolshoi Theater Ballet.
Remembering Kharlamov 1982
About the Soviet hockey player V. Kharlamov. Teammates, children's coach B.P. Kulagin, and national team coach A. Tarasov share their memories.
The Letter to a Chinese Friend 1969
Film by Aleksandr Medvekin to a metonymic Chinese friend, advocating against Mao and the Ussuri River Skirmish.
Berlin Conference 1945
Our Cinema 1940
Yves Montand is Singing 1957
The tour of the French singer Yves Montand and actress Simone Signoret to the USSR in 1956.
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man 1984
The director's reflections on the modern politics of the Reagan administration.
Choir on Its Own 1988
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.
World Without a Game 1966
Documentary portrait of Dziga Vertov, father of documentary cinema.
Nikolai Bukharin 1989
About Nikolai Bukharin and his comrades, about Stalin’s repressions of the 30s.
The Outcome 1989
These are last days of the Soviet troops' stay in Afghanistan. What's next? About the economic difficulties after the war is over, the results of the military company.
