Russian Central Studio of Documentary Film () is a Russian film studio, founded in 1927. It was the largest Soviet
newsreel and documentary
cinematography studio. It is headquartered in
Moscow.
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 (). 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
''Moscow Strikes Back'' (russian: Разгром немецких войск под Москвой, ''Razgrom Nemetskikh Voysk Pod Moskvoy'', "Rout of the German troops near Moscow") is a Soviet war documentary about the Battle of Moscow made du ...
'', winner of the 1942
Academy Award for Best Documentary.
Filmography
*
Secret and Explicit (The Aims and Acts of Zionists)
''Secret and Explicit'' (Russian title: ''Тайное и Явное'') is a Soviet antisemitic propaganda film released in 1973. The film reused footage from '' Der Ewige Jude'' (The Eternal Jew), a 1940 antisemitic Nazi propaganda film.
Plot ...
* 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
External links
Central Studio for Documentary Films – Film Catalogue // Net-Film – Newsreels and documentary films ArchiveOfficial site RCSDF
Film production companies of Russia
Film production companies of the Soviet Union
Companies based in Moscow
Russian film studios
Documentary film production companies
Mass media companies established in 1927
1927 establishments in Russia
State-owned film companies
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