Leningrad Documentary Film Studio

A 1988 documentary film directed by Alexander Sokurov, about the later life and death of Soviet Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. The film was originally intended to mark the 50th birthday of Tarkovsky in 1982, which would have been before his death. Controversy with Soviet authorities about the film's style and content led to significant delays in the production.

Documentary short.

A documentary about the Soviet Union history, "Aquarium" music sounds behind the scenes.

The film is dedicated to the development of culture in Russia. The musical basis of the film is Alexander Gradsky's suite "Nostalgia", written on poems by Vladimir Nabokov.

A rare documentary that shows how Soviet war propaganda presented the events of the Finnish front in 1941–1944. The main emphasis is on the resolution of the war. The film contains plenty of unique footage of the final stages of the Continuation War.

In the homeland of the Soviet poet A. Prokofiev, in the village of Kobona near Leningrad, there is a literary evening dedicated to the famous countryman.

A documentary on the staging of Georgi Tovstonogov's acclaimed production of The Three Sisters at the Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater, from the first table read to the opening night.

Documentary — featuring both interviews and live footage — about underground rock music in Russia, during the last years of the Perestroika.

About the creator of famous aircraft - aircraft designer Ilyushin.

A film from the TV trilogy dedicated to the fortieth anniversary of the Great Patriotic War's Victory.

The film is based on the concert of "Pop Mechanics" under the direction of Sergey Kuryokhin.

Teachers and students are in different parts of the country. The First of September is celebrated by first—graders in Ulyanovsk, history and literature lessons in an Azerbaijani village, music in the Lithuanian city of Siauliai, biology in Leningrad.

The following guests take part in the music concert-documentary: Rosa Rymbaeva, Dmitry Pokrovsky folklore Ensemble, Elena Kamburova, Alla Pugacheva, Bulat Okudzhava and the Nergebi children's vocal ensemble from Georgia.

Follows the life feat of doctor L.S.Soboleva, who saved people during three outbreaks of the plague.

Frustration of the German attempt to capture Leningrad, 1941, the besieging of the city.

The equipment is in a dark room, the lights are flashing. The hand turns the adjustment knob. The sun shines through the arched openings of the palace windows, "Aquarium" music sounds behind the scenes.

The life and work of the great Russian composer Dmitriy Shostakovich is presented in this documentary through rare images and audios from many archives, at one time censored by the Soviet government. A brief take on his life, from his transition as an early prodigy to a first rate artist, his celebrated compositions and the final years with a declining health.