Mosfilm

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Kinostudiya MosFilm
Revenue$20.1 million[1] (2017)
$1.89 million[1] (2017)
$1.81 million[2] (2019)
Total assets$63.2 million[1] (2017)
Total equity$60.7 million[1] (2017)
Number of employees
1,500
SubsidiariesARK-fiim, Zhanr Film, Kinoslovo, Ritm, Kurier, Cinema Line
Websiteen.mosfilm.ru

Mosfilm (

USSR as a production unit of that nation's film monopoly, its output includes most of the more widely acclaimed Soviet-era films, ranging from works by Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Eisenstein, to Red Westerns, to the Akira Kurosawa co-production Dersu Uzala (Дерсу Узала) and War and Peace (Война и мир).[3]

History

Old Mosfilm logo
Entrance sign to Mosfilm Studios in Mosfilmovskaya Street.

The

Goskino
, the USSR's film monopoly. The first movie filmed by Mosfilm was On the Wings Skyward (directed by Boris Mikhin).

In 1927, the construction of a new film studio complex began on Potylikha Street (renamed to

Alma-Ata (August 1941) and merged with other Soviet
production units into the Central United Film Studio (TsOKS). The Mosfilm personnel returned to Moscow at the end of 1943.

The Mosfilm intro, representing the monument "

Nikolai Cherkasov
.

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Mosfilm had produced more than 3,000 films, some of them being granted awards at international film festivals. It continued operations as a quasi-private production company, led by film director Karen Shakhnazarov. As of 2005, the company embraced ten independent studios, located within 13 sound stages occupying an area of 13,000 sq. meters. Tours through this "Russian Hollywood" included a view of Mosfilm's enormous depot with 170 tanks and 50 vintage cars. The biggest sound stage is leased annually to hold the Golden Eagle Awards.

In 2011, Mosfilm released a selection of its classic films online for free viewing.[4]

Selected films

Entrance to Mosfilm Studios with a large clapperboard sign at left
Cascading pond at Mosfilm Studios
Wooden props used as landscaping features in Mosfilm Park
Directed by Sergei Eisenstein
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Others

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Бухгалтерская отчётность". Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Каталог организаций — List-Org". Retrieved 19 October 2020.
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  4. ^ Mosfilm uploads celluloid classics to youtube

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