Studio Ostrov Movies

The documentary series "Born in the USSR" is a unique chronology which began in 1989 and has continued for more than 30 years. The authors follow 20...

Chelyabinsk is not only a rugged city with numerous factories; it is also the cultural capital of the Southern Urals. The city has many theaters,...

A young soldier returns from the front line with a serious wound. How will he build his new life?

This documentary was created for the 130th anniversary of the birth of Nicholas II and the 80th anniversary of the execution of the royal family.

Born in the USSR: 21 Up follows the lives of people who grew up in the Soviet Union. They give an insight into Russian life today, aged 21.

"Buranovskiye Babushki", a group created in the mid-1980s, became famous for rehashing famous rock hits in their native Udmurt language, in a singing...

The main character of the film is Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn. The film uses materials both previously known and unpublished so far, as well as...

No matter how far the war retreats, its traces are imprinted on the torn earth and the memory of generations for tens, hundreds of years with bloody...

This documentary follows the story of a mother's love: from an empty heart to a tragedy that has changed her, to creation and love, from rejecting...

Born in the USSR: 28 Up follows the lives of people who grew up in the Soviet Union. They give an insight into Russian life today, aged 28.

What happened from February to October 1917? How did the outstanding minds of Russia come to the idea of destroying the Monarchy and removing from...

In Soviet times, the songs "Soviet Easter", "Cigarette Butt", "Comrade Stalin" were sung by the whole country (and, according to rumors, members of...

The documentary tells about the Romanov family. It discusses versions about the possible salvation of the imperial family, tells about impostors who...

A unique lengthy filmic record of the life of the employees, suspects and convicts in one of the ol­dest Russian prisons Butyrka Prison Castle,...

A film about the first launch of the Soyuz launch vehicle from the Kourou cosmodrome (French Guiana). About the long-term joint work of Russian and...

The exhibition decides the fate of the dogs and their offspring. This is also an important moment in the life of dog owners. A kind of parable about...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, a classic of Russian literature, a dissident and a Nobel Prize winner, talks, remembers, reflects. The war, the Stalinist...

This is a film dedicated to the outstanding Folk artist Ilya Glazunov, who turns 80 this year. This is a portrait in motion, a kind of travel-story...

Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn. Actor Yevgeny Mironov shares his memories of meetings with him. Solzhenitsyn's friend Nikita Struve talks about how...