Most Viewed From Central Studio of Documentary Films

The Oil Symphony is a film about the heroic efforts of Azerbaijani labourers drilling for oil.

Film-ballet written by composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The authors of the movie tell the story of the ballet's creation, as well as about various...

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

The director's reflections on the modern politics of the Reagan administration.

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...

Made by the highly influential Russian cameraman Roman Karmen, this documentary vividly features Albanian life immediately after the communists came...

A story of the exploits carried out by the oil technicians of Baku for the exploitation of the black gold deposit of the Caspian Sea.

This communist history film recalls the heroism of Soviet soldiers fighting the Nazis in World War II. Forty of the 236 cameramen used for the...

About the leaders and the nature of the activities of informal groups in Moscow: “Democratic Union” and “People’s...

About young Soviet men who fought in Afghanistan and are trying to find their place in a peaceful life. They share their experience with older WWII...

In 1930, during what became known as the Industrial Party Trial, some members of the Soviet technical elite were tried for plotting to form a...

Documentary portrait of Dziga Vertov, father of documentary cinema.

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

This riveting Russian documentary takes you inside the trials of the notorious German war criminals, brought to trial to account for their actions....

About the difficult political situation in the world related to the arms race.

The film is about the life and work of Grigory Ordzhonikidze Konstantinoviche, an important personality in both the Communist Party and the Soviet...

The first full-length film about the Chornobyl tragedy, filmed in May-September 1986. The authors did not set themselves the task of showing an...

“The Magic Beam” is a film essay woven together from newsreels and documentary material from different decades, fragments of hundreds of...