Twenty Years of Soviet Cinema

On the development of domestic cinema during the first two decades of Soviet rule.

'The Cranes are Flying' and Soviet Cinema

Film scholar Ian Christie unpacks why 'The Cranes Are Flying' is such a landmark of Soviet cinema, breaking away as it did from decades of forcibly pro-state propaganda with its focus on individual tragedy and its ambiva

For the Soviet Motherland

The film takes place in 1921 on the Soviet-Finnish border. Shyutskorov detachments broke into Karelia, killed Soviet activists, burned houses ... In the rear of the enemy with a special task - to destroy the headquarter

Serving the Soviet Union!

USSR, 1941. She is a famous actress, he is a well known journalist. But their meeting point is already set to GULAG.

Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2

Historic Russian battles to repel invaders serve as prelude to the story of events that redrew the map of Eastern Europe and parts of Asia in the 20th century. Following the turmoil of the Bolshevik Revolution, Communist

I Serve the Soviet Union

Soviet Patriots of 1941

When German soldiers threatened march into Kiev in the summer of 1941, the local motorized fire brigade was brought to safety. But when the expert fire fighters saw their hometown in flames from across the river, they dr

Park of the Soviet Period

Oleg, the host of a TV show is asked to cover in his show a new ultramodern amusement park called "Park of the Soviet Period". The life in the park is an exaggerated version of the soviet life - pioneers parading, girls

Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

Moscow, January 1948. In the bitter cold, a large crowd attends the State Funeral of the Yiddish actor and director Solomon Mikhoels. An official proclamation mourns the death of "a great People's Artist of the Soviet Un

The Soviet Union: 100th Anniversary 1922

The Soviet Union was officially formed in 1922, a country, a political experiment, an ideal, and influential across history. A look at the many factors that effected the Soviet Union's turbulent history.

The Schoolboys Who Cracked the Soviet Secret

The Schoolboys Who Cracked the Soviet Secret recreates the story of a British schoolteacher and his students who discovered secrets of the Soviet space program. In the 1960s, Geoffrey Perry at the Kettering Grammar Schoo

Getting to Know the Soviet Union

An animated advert to encourage people living in non-Soviet countries to subscribe to Moscow News.

Soviet Russia Through the Eyes of an American

American engineer Charles Stuart travels through Soviet Russia, showing not just the political but the everyday life of the country.

Discovering Utopia: Lost Archives of Soviet Design

The film DISCOVERING UTOPIA tells the previously untold story of the VNIITE – the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Technical Aesthetics. Formed in the USSR in 1962 it brought together most progressive Soviet de

The First Soviet Earth Satellites

A film about the creation of the first artificial satellites in the USSR and their launch into Earth’s orbit.

One Day in Soviet Russia

On August 24th of 1940 a group of cameramen cross the immense territory of the Soviet Union before it was attacked by Nazi Germany, and capture multiple aspects of life in this new world.

Newsreel "Soviet Ural" № 44

City views of Perm. The movement of ships on the river. Visitors in the art gallery. Production processes at the Perm cable plant. Construction of a chemical plant. Performance at the Perm Circus. Students of Perm Ballet

The Soviet Union's Last Stand

Documentary telling the inside story of Communist hardliners' failed attempts to seize power from Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, which resulted in the rapid collapse of the Soviet Union.

The Collapse of The Soviet Union

The film is using episodes filmed mainly at the Kremlin, Soviet Union's headquarters which enable to have a glance to world's most well-known political kitchen.

Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 1

Historic Russian battles to repel invaders serve as prelude to the story of events that redrew the map of Eastern Europe and parts of Asia in the 20th century. Following the turmoil of the Bolshevik Revolution, Communist