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?

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.

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

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

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...

The film tells the story of the Russian Paralympic Blind Football team which is preparing for the most important event in their lives - the European...

Endowed with outstanding cinematography, and in-depth interviews with competitors, this documentary underlines the gender parity being achieved at an...

The film is about a new generation of Russian football players. For three years, the authors of the picture watched the heroes' paths to big...

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.

The film is about the outstanding actor and director Leonid Obolensky, who passed the Stalin camps, and about a young woman who was with him in the...

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

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...

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...

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

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

The story of a complex relationship between a mother and son belonging to the highest circles of the Moscow elite.