Mosfilm
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Mosfilm is a film studio which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the 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 and War and Peace.
A 2024 stamp of Russia dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Mosfilm, featuring its post-2012 logo
Old Mosfilm logo
Entrance sign to Mosfilm Studios in Mosfilmovskaya Street.
Entrance to Mosfilm Studios with a large clapperboard sign at left
Grigori Aleksandrov
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Grigori Vasilyevich Aleksandrov or Alexandrov was a prominent Soviet film director who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1947 and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1973. He was awarded the Stalin Prizes for 1941 and 1950.
Aleksandrov walking the wire as Glumov for Eisenstein's Wise Man production
Aleksandrov singing with his wife Orlova in 1937
Aleksandrov (second row, 2nd from the right) and his wife Orlova (with a postbag) in Moscow during the shooting of Fighting Film Collection #4 in August 1941