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Mosfilm is a film studio in Moscow which is among the largest and oldest in Russia and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the Soviet Union as a production unit of that nation's film monopoly, its output in
A 2024 stamp of Russia dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Mosfilm, featuring its post-2012 logo
Old Mosfilm logo
Entrance to Mosfilm Studios with a large clapperboard sign at left
Cascading pond at Mosfilm Studios
Dersu Uzala (1975 film)
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Dersu Uzala is a 1975 epic biographical film directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa. Starring Maxim Munzuk and Yury Solomin, the film is based on the 1923 memoir by Russian explorer Vladimir Arseny
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…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). The Moscow film production company with studio facilities was established in November 1920 by the motion…
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The historical Vladimir Arsenyev and Dersu Uzala in 1906
During a low point in production Kurosawa was unable to fully realise his vision on Mt. Falaza (pictured).
Arsenyev (left) and Dersu (right) framed between celestial objects