Central Studio for Documentary Film

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

• 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 at the Internet Movie Database
• Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio at the Internet Movie Database
• RCSDF at the Internet Movie Database
• Central Newsreel Studio at the Internet Movie Database
• Central Documentary Film Studio at the Internet Movie Database
• Central Documentary Studio at the Internet Movie Database
• (Russian) Official site RCSDF