Central Studio of Documentary Films

Documentary made for the 60th anniversary of Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein.

Documentary on the fall of the nazi Germany's capital, Berlin, edited and directed by the soviet filmmaker Yelizaveta Svilova

Film by Aleksandr Medvekin to a metonymic Chinese friend, advocating against Mao and the Ussuri River Skirmish.

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.

About the difficult political situation in the world related to the arms race.

The director's reflections on the modern politics of the Reagan administration.

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.

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.

Documentary recounting the story of the Cuban Revolution and its impact on the young people of Cuba.

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.

The Oil Symphony is a film about the heroic efforts of Azerbaijani labourers drilling for oil.

The tour of the French singer Yves Montand and actress Simone Signoret to the USSR in 1956.

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.

"This film follows one day in the heroic struggle of the Soviet people against the German Fascist invaders." A Day of War (Den voyny), a chronicle of total war filmed on all fronts as well as at the rear, was produced by the Central Studio of Documentary Films; shot by 160 newsreel cameramen on June 13, 1942, the 356th day of the Great Patriotic War; superbly assembled by M. Slutsky; and released on October 22, 1942. Its cameramen were informed of the actual date of shooting only two days before work commenced.

About the partisan movement during the Great Patriotic War.

Documentary portrait of Dziga Vertov, father of documentary cinema.