Mosfilm. Yesterday, Today and Always

The "Mosfilm" film studio, built in the early 1920s on the outskirts of the capital, soon became the center of the country's cinematic life. Its fame was created and multiplied by outstanding masters of cinema, whose talent and hard work made the studio's trademark logo - the statue "Worker and Kolkhoz Woman" - known and respected worldwide. This book gathers interesting stories about the creation of beloved films that have become part of the Golden Fund of domestic and world cinema, marked by prestigious international awards, and about the fates of the directors and actors who made them famous. The appendix to the book contains the most accurate list of all the films produced by "Mosfilm" over almost a century of the studio's history.

The history of the "Mosfilm" film concern is an integral part of our country's culture. This unique book reflects all significant milestones in the history of the giant of Russian cinema. You will find great names, well-known and beloved films, popular faces, as well as see the internal structure of the concern and the filming process. Some of the illustrations used in the book come from the closed archives of "Mosfilm" and are available to the general reader for the first time.