Mosfilm Studios was founded in 1924, following the unification and nationalization of two private studios founded before the 1917 Revolution. Over the past nine decades, the studio has led Soviet and Russian filmmaking and has been home to several great masters.
Jerusalem Cinematheque has enjoyed a warm relationship with Moscow’s Mosfilm Studios for many years. Thanks to the friendship of studio director Karen Shakhnazarov, we time and time again bestowed with a generous donation of several copies of these magnificent films to our archive. In this framework we’ve held a retrospective for Andrei Tarkovsky, a tribute to Anton Chekhov, a program dedicated to Soviet dance, and a program dedicated to Tolstoy.
This year, we are presenting a selection of the highlights of the Mosfilm - fantastic classics, all converted and restored to digital format. This is a wonderful opportunity to relive these masterpieces.
Our sincere thanks to Mosfilm Studios and to their director Karen Shakhnazarov for their friendship and cooperation. This is also an opportunity to mention our colleagues Margaret and Sasha Kleinman from Cinemateque’s Film Archive. This year they are retiring and this is a good opportunity to thank them for years of excellent work.
