Russian Central Studio of Documentary Films

Russian Central Studio of Documentary Film (‹See Tfd›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 (‹See Tfd›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 (‹See Tfd›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)