Leonid Khmara

Russia's Heart

Reminiscing the 1917 Russian October Revolution, a time when the films' director was 14 years old.

World Without a Game

Documentary portrait of Dziga Vertov, father of documentary cinema.

Road to the Stars

This film consists of three parts. The first dramatizes the life of the founder of Soviet astronautics, Konstan...

Crimean Conference

The Crimean (Yalta) conference of the leaders of the three powers - allies in the Anti-Hitler coalition was hel...

The Fall of Berlin

A Soviet documentary chronicling the final assault on Nazi Germany’s capital. More than forty frontline cameram...

Island Ablazed

Documentary recounting the story of the Cuban Revolution and its impact on the young people of Cuba.

Yves Montand is Singing

The tour of the French singer Yves Montand and actress Simone Signoret to the USSR in 1956.

First Flight to the Stars

The history of the Soviet space program and the flight of the world's first manned spacecraft "Vostok" piloted...

The Caspian Story

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

Front-line Cameraman

A tribute to Soviet cameraman Vladimir Sushchinsky, killed in the liberation of Breslau in 1945, featuring his...

Liberated France

A Soviet documentary surveying the liberation of France, from D-Day landings and partisan actions to the entry...

Shirt and Tunic

Sea Conquerors

Karelo-Finnish SSR

A documentary film about the Karelo-Finnish SSR.

Aleksandr Pokryshkin

Aleksandr Pokryshkin

Live, Ukraine

Circus Festival

Moscow during the Sixth World Festival of Youth and Students. Performances by circus artists from different cou...

The Alive and the Dead

A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses hi...

When the Spirit Soars in Flight

Young ballet artists from across the Soviet Union showcase their skills at the All-Union Festival of Choreograp...

Comrade Berlin

Documentary about East Berlin, commemorating 20th anniversary of German Democratic Republic formation.

Tales about Shevchenko

A documentary dedicated to the great Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure Taras Shevchen...

The Heroic Deed of Leningrad

The whole world knows the immortal feat of the residents of besieged Leningrad, accomplished during the Great P...

Soviet Kabarda

About the history and traditions of the Kabardian people, formation and transformations in the land of Kabarda.

The Universe

A rare Soviet documentary film from 1951, directed by Pavel Klushantsev. It explores the history of humanity’s...

Chronicle Without Sensations

A film about documentary filmmakers. Newsreels from different years were used.

Planet of Secrets

A popular science film about the exploration of one of the planets of the solar system - Mars.

All-Union Physical Culture Parade

Ural Forges Victory

About the industrial history of the Urals and the contribution of the industrial enterprises of the Urals to th...

A Celebration of Our Youth

Victory in the South

The film is about the encirclement and defeat of the Iasi-Kishinev group of German troops during the Second Wor...

Caution! Maoism!

A full-length documentary film directed by Alexander Medvedkin tells about the nature of Maoism, the events in...

Moscow, Capital of the USSR

An overview of the history of Moscow from the October Revolution to postwar reconstruction.

The Liberated Czechoslovakia

The Little Humpbacked Horse

A film adaptation of Rodion Shchedrin's ballet staged by the USSR State Ballet Theater.

Летчики-истребители

Not Far From Krasnodar

Documentary film about the town of Kuban oil workers (Akhtyrsky village, Abinsk region), filmed in 1953.