Russian Central Studio of Documentary Film (Russian: Российская центральная студия документальных фильмов) was a Russian film studio, founded in 1927. It was the largest Soviet newsreel and documentary cinematography studio. It is headquartered in Moscow.[1]
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History
Studio traced its history from 1927, when a special newsreel division of Sovkino was formed. In 1931 it was reorganized into All-Union Newsreel Factory (Russian: Союзкинохроника, romanized: Soyuzkinochronicle). Since 1936 known as Moscow Newsreel Studio, and since 1940 as Central Newsreel Studio.
From 1944 until 1993, it was known as Central Studio for Documentary Film or CSDF (Russian: Центральная студия документальных фильмов, ЦСДФ).
In Soviet Union, the CSDF was responsible for some newsreel series, like:
- News of the Day / "Новости дня",
- Foreign Newsreel / "Иностранная кинохроника",
- Soviet Sports / "Советский спорт",
- Soviet Cinema / "Советское кино",
- Pioneria / "Пионерия"
In 1944–1946 the studio director was Sergei Gerasimov. The studio produced a number of documentary films about the Great Patriotic War, including Moscow Strikes Back, winner of the 1942 Academy Award for Best Documentary.
Filmography
- Secret and Explicit (The Aims and Acts of Zionists)
- Pobeda na Pravoberezhnoi Ukraine i izgnaniye nemetsikh zakhvatchikov za predeli Ukrainskikh sovetskikh zemel (1945)
- The City That Stopped Hitler: Heroic Stalingrad
- Stalingrad (1943)
- Bitva za nashu Sovetskuyu Ukrainu (1943)
- Narodniye mstiteli (1943)
- Den voyny (1942)
- Den novogo mira (1940)
References
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