Leonid Khmara Movies

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

A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated...

The 1961 Nominee of the Palme d'Or as the Best Short Film.

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

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

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

About Nadezhda Rusheva, a young artist who has created illustrations for the myths of Ancient Greece, as well as works by Alexander Pushkin, Leo...

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

This film consists of three parts. The first dramatizes the life of the founder of Soviet astronautics, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky; the second describes...

A feature on Soviet space exploration on the 50th anniversary of the Russian Socialist Revolution.

The whole world knows the immortal feat of the residents of besieged Leningrad, accomplished during the Great Patriotic War. The tragic story of the...

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

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

Documentary footage of Soviet Air Forces parade held on 9 July 1961 on Tushino airfield.

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

Aleksandr Pokryshkin

The film is about the encirclement and defeat of the Iasi-Kishinev group of German troops during the Second World War by Soviet troops.

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

Documentary about preparation for Vostok 2 space mission, launched on August 6 of 1961 with cosmonaut Gherman Titov on board.