Central Studio for Documentary Film
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Central Studio for Documentary Film or CSDF (Russian: Центральная студия документальных фильмов, ЦСДФ) is a Soviet/Russian film studio. It was the largest Soviet newsreel and documentary cinematography studio. Headquartered in Moscow, USSR. Currently known as Russian Central Studio for Documentary Film.
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 – Soyuzkinochronicle
Since 1936 known as Moscow Newsreel Studio and since 1940 as Central Newsreel Studio. In 1944 known under its current name – Central Studio for Documentary Film.
In USSR, 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"
- etc.
In 1944–1946 Studio Director was Sergei Gerasimov.
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
- (in Russian) Official 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
- Film studio stubs