Central Studio Of Documentary Films

Story of psychological pressure which former Soviet Afghan soldiers have to deal with in peaceful life. Through the story of Ruslan we are shown how...

About prostitution in late USSR. Who are they? Why are they doing it? Are they ashamed? What do foreigners feel and want from it?

An enthralling film about the life of emperor penguins in the South Pole. Narrated by Sergey Obraztsov, the head of the Moscow Puppet Theater.

About the work of the Soviet film director S. F. Bondarchuk.

The life story of Marshal Georgi Zhukov, hero of the First World War and commander of the Red Army during World War II, as told by actor Mikhail...

A man is facing a trial for murdering a Latvian union leader, which more likely than not will end with a death sentence. A close-up look at his...

A documentary portrait of Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space, revisiting his flight and public life ten years later through training footage,...

The history of the Soviet space program and the flight of the world's first manned spacecraft "Vostok" piloted by Yuri Gagarin.

A documentary on the history of the Red Army, from the Russian Civil War to the end of the Second World War.

Documentary film about the Soviet circus with the participation of Yuri Nikulin, Zinovy Gerdt, Yuri Durov, Mikhail Rumyantsev and Irina Shestua.

Young ballet artists from across the Soviet Union showcase their skills at the All-Union Festival of Choreographic Schools.

Film about the victory of the Chinese people under the leadership of Mao Tse Tung in the war with the puppet regime of Chiang Kai-shek and the...

An overview of the 75-year history of the Moscow Art Theatre containing unique historical footage, including rare excerpts from various stage...

A brief history of Russian unofficial art from 1953 to 1988.

The 1961 Nominee of the Palme d'Or as the Best Short Film.

A Soviet documentary chronicling the final assault on Nazi Germany’s capital. More than forty frontline cameramen from the 1st Belorussian and 1st...

The film is about the encirclement and defeat of the Iasi-Kishinev group of German troops during the Second World War by Soviet troops.

A 1943 Soviet war propaganda film by Ukrainian director Oleksandr Dovzhenko and Yuliya Solntseva. It is Dovzhenko's second World War II documentary,...