Russian Central Studio of Documentary Films

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.

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)

External links

• Central Studio for Documentary Films – Film Catalogue // Net-Film – Newsreels and documentary films Archive
• Official site RCSDF (in Russian)