Dovzhenko Film Studios

Ukrainian film company

National cinema studio
of feature films named after Oleksandr DovzhenkoIndustry| Motion Pictures

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Founded| 1927
Headquarters| Kyiv, Ukraine

Key people

| Andriy Donchyk (CEO)
Products| Motion Pictures

Immovable Monument of National Significance of Ukraine

Official name| Комплекс споруд Національної кіностудії імені О. Довженка (Кінофабрика ВУФКУ, 9 Всеукраїнське фото-кіноуправління) (Complex of buildings of the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Cinema Studio (Cinema Studio VUFKU, 9th All-Ukrainian Photo-Cinema Directorate))
Type| History, Science and Technology
Reference no.| 260039-Н

The Dovzhenko Film Studios (Ukrainian: Національна кіностудія художніх фільмів імені О. Довженка, romanized: Natsionalna kinostudiia khudozhnikh filmiv imeni O. Dovzhenka) is a former Soviet film production studio in UkrSSR and Ukraine that was named after the Soviet film producer, Oleksandr Dovzhenko, in 1957. With the fall of the Soviet Union, the studio became a property of the government of Ukraine. In 2000, the film studio was awarded national status.[1]

## History

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Main entrance to Dovzhenko Film Studios

The studios began in the 1920s when the All-Ukrainian Photo-Cinema-Directorate (VUFKU) announced a project proposition for the construction of a cinema factory in 1925. Out of 20 of them was chosen the project of Valerian Rykov, who led his architect group composed of students of the Architectural Department of Kyiv Art Institute in the construction of the O. Dovzhenko Film Studios beginning in 1927. It was at the time the largest in the Ukrainian SSR. Although the filming pavilions were still unfinished a year later, movie production had begun. Many memorial plates are within the studios in memory of the many film producers who had once worked here. One film pavilion is named Shchorsivskyi, because Oleksandr Dovzhenko shot his film Shchors there. This area of the studios is used as a museum.[2]

The first movie of the film studio was "Ivanko and the Butcher" by director Aksel Lundin and cameraman A. Meines. Filming began on October 12, 1927, and took place at night, as pavilions were being built during the day. Many talented directors have come to the studio since the first films were shot — Oleksandr Dovzhenko, Arnold Kordium, Pavlo Dolyna, Leonid Lukov, Ivan Kavaleridze, Igor Savchenko, Favst Lopatynskyi; operators — Danylo Demutskyi, Yurii Yekelchyk, Mykola Topchii, Yozef Rona, I. Shekker, Oleksii Pankratiev; writers — Mykola Bazhan, Oleksandr Korniichuk, Hordii Brasiuk, V. Okhrimenko. It immediately affected the number and quality of the works and the variety of movie genres. In 1929, 10 films were already made.

Since 1930, cinema has become under the control of the state and has served to spread the ideology of communism among the population. Still, the 1930s for the Kyiv Film Factory were important years of formation.

In October 1941, the studio was evacuated to Tashkent, where it will continue its activities until the liberation of Kyiv. During the German occupation of Kyiv, the studio premises were used as a production base for the creation of propaganda films by the Ukraine Film Society.

The apple orchard on the side of the avenue near the studios was planted by the order of Dovzhenko himself. In 1957, it was named in memory of Oleksandr Dovzhenko.[3]

Since 1987, the Debut, specialized in the first films of directors. His managers were Alexander Adolov (until 1990) and Arthur Voattsky (after 1990).

In December 2009, a studio for the digital restoration of Ukrainian films was opened on the complex.[4]

The Dovzhenko National Film Studio is an enterprise with a full complex technological cycle. Along with the shooting of its own films, the film studio provides services to other film and television companies in the production of their products, belongs to the producers of national films in Ukraine, approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine from January 26, 2011 No. 48.

## Selected films

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### Soviet Union

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* 1929 Человек с киноаппаратом / Man with a Movie Camera, directed by Dziga Vertov (documentary film)
* 1930 Земля / Earth, directed by Alexander Dovzhenko (silent film)
* 1932 Иван / Ivan, directed by Alexander Dovzhenko (silent film)
* 1935 Аэроград / Aerograd, directed by Alexander Dovzhenko (science fiction)
* 1939 Щорс / Shchors, directed by Alexander Dovzhenko (documentary film)
* 1941 Богдан Хмельницкий / Bohdan Khmelnytsky, directed by Ihor Savchenko (historical)
* 1951 Тарас Шевченко / Taras Shevchenko, directed by Ihor Savchenko (biographical)
* 1960 Вдали от Родины / Far from the Motherland, directed by Aleksei Shvachko (espionage)
* 1961 За двумя зайцами / Chasing Two Hares, directed by Viktor Ivanov (comedy)
* 1963 Королева бензоколонки / Queen of the Gas Station, directed by Mykola Litus and Oleksiy Mishurin [uk] (comedy)
* 1964 Тіні забутих предків / Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, directed by Sergei Parajanov (historical)
* 1964 Туманность Андромеды / The Andromeda Nebula, directed by Yevheniy Sherstobitov (science fiction)
* 1965 Криниця для спраглих / A Spring for the Thirsty, directed by Yuri Ilyenko (surrealist)
* 1968 Анничка / Annychka, directed by Borys Ivchenko
* 1970 Білий птах з чорною ознакою / White Bird with Black Mark, directed by Yuriy Illienko
* 1972 Пропала грамота / The Lost Letter, directed by Borys Ivchenko (comedy)
* 1973 В бой идут одни «старики» / Only Old Men are Going to Battle, directed by Leonid Bykov (historical)
* 1976 Аты-баты, шли солдаты... / Aty-baty, Soldiers were Going..., directed by Leonid Bykov (historical)
* 1976 Тревожный месяц вересень / The Troubled Month of Veresen, directed by Leonid Osyka (historical)
* 1978 Дознание пилота Пиркса / Test pilota Pirxa, directed by Marek Piestrak
* 1980 Ярослав Мудрый / Yaroslav the Wise, directed by Hryhoriy Kokhan (historical)
* 1981 Така пізня, така тепла осінь / Such Late, Such Warm Autumn, directed by Ivan Mykolaichuk
* 1988 Новые приключения Янки при дворе короля Артура / New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court, directed by Viktor Hres

### Ukraine

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* 1991 Голод-33 / Famine-33, directed by Oles Yanchuk
* 1991 Чудо в краю забуття / Miracle in the Land of Oblivion, directed by Natalia Motuzko
* 1995 Атентат - осіннє вбивство в Мюнхені / Assassination. An Autumn Murder in Munich, directed by Oles Yanchuk
* 1995 Москаль-чарівник / Moskal-Charivnyk, directed by Mykola Zasieyev-Rudenko
* 1997 Приятель небіжчика / A Friend of the Deceased, directed by Viacheslav Kryshtofovych
* 2000 Нескорений / The Undefeated (2000 film), directed by Oles Yanchuk
* 2001 Молитва за гетьмана Мазепу / Prayer for Hetman Mazepa, directed by Yuriy Illienko
* 2002 Чорна Рада / Chorna Rada (Black Council [uk]), directed by Mykola Zasieiev-Rudenko
* 2004 Залізна Сотня / The Company Of Heroes, directed by Oles Yanchuk
* 2008 Владика Андрей / Metropolitan Andrey, directed by Oles Yanchuk
* 2008 Закон / The Law, directed by Vitaliy Potrukh (short film)
* 2009 Хай Бог розсудить їх ... / Let God Judge Them, directed by Yevhen Khvorostianko (short film)
* 2012 Гайдамака / Haidamaka, directed by Roman Synchuk (short film)
* 2012 Метелик / The Butterfly, directed by Maxim Neafit Bujnicki
* 2012 Мамо, я льотчика люблю! / Mom, I Love a Pilot!, directed by Oleksandr Ihnatusha
* 2013 Красна Маланка /Krasna Malanka, directed by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
* 2015 Загублене місто / Lost City, directed by Vitaliy Potrukh

## See also

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* Kyivnaukfilm
* List of Ukrainian films
* National Cinematheque of Ukraine
* Odessa Film Studio
* History of Ukrainian animation

## References

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1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 191–194\. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
2. ^ "Кино и цирк: призрак приватизации". Mirror Weekly. Retrieved Aug 2, 2022.
3. ^ "История нашего кино: Киностудия им. А. Довженко". www.domkino.tv. Retrieved Aug 2, 2022.
4. ^ Studio for digital restoration of Ukrainian films opens in Kyiv, Interfax-Ukraine (December 17, 2009)

* Ruta Malikenaite. Guildebook: Touring Kyiv. Kyiv: Baltia Druk, 2003. ISBN 966-96041-3-3

## External links

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* Media related to Dovzhenko Film Studios at Wikimedia Commons
* (in Russian) Non-official site of Olexandr Dovzhenko Film Studios

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National monuments of cultural heritage in Kyiv

History|

* Mikhail Bulgakov House of Residence
* Darnytsia concentration camp
* Baikove Cemetery
* Manor House Complex
* Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology
* Kyiv Theological Seminary
* Konstantin Ushinsky Grave
* Taras Shevchenko House of Residence
* Vyshhorod Street
* Presidium Building
* National Academy of Sciences
* Building of Pedagogic Museum
* Building Complex
* Taras Shevchenko National University
* Nikolai Vatutin Grave
* Lukianivske Cemetery
* Monitor Zhelezniakov
* Vincent Chvojka House of Residence
* Grave of Cossack Officers Iskra and Kochubei
* Building Complex
* Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
* Manor House of the Murashko Family of Artists
* Babi Yar
* Column of the Magdeburg Rights
* Mykhailo Hrushevsky House of Residence
* Askoldova Mohyla
* Building Complex
* Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
* Building Complex
* Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Film Studios
* Mykola Lysenko House of Residence
* Lesya Ukrainka House of Residence
* Memorial Complex
* Park "Vichnoyi Slavy"
* Memorial of Militsiya Men
* Building of the First Private Museum
* Bohdan and Varvara Khanenkos
* Kyiv Museum of Russian Arts Building
* Taras Shevchenko House of Residence
* Shevchenko Lane
* Bykivnia

Archaeology|

* Bourgogne Theatre
* Vydubychi
* City of Volodymyr
* Foundation and Wall Remnants
* Church Foundation of Fedoriv Monastery
* St.George Church Foundations
* Palace Foundation
* Irene Street
* St.Irina Church Foundations
* Kytayiv Settlement
* City of Yaroslav
* Zvirynets Caves
* Lach Gates Foundations
* Old Ruthenian Settlement
* Nyvky
* Church Foundations
* Berestove
* City of Izyaslav Svyatopolk
* Kyrylivska Archaeological Site
* Theotokos Church Foundations
* Klov Monastery
* Settlement at Shchekavytsia
* Foundations of Stone Church
* Yurkiv Street
* Fine court of Prince Vsevolod
* Klov
* Yurkovytsia Settlement and Burial
* Uhorske

Monumental art|

* Prince Volodymyr Monument
* Monument to Mykhailo Hrushevsky
* Monument to Taras Shevchenko
* Monument to the Crew of Tarashchanets Armour Train
* Monument to Lesya Ukrainka
* Monument to Alexander Pushkin
* Bohdan Khmelnytsky Monument
* Monument to Mykola Shchors

Urban planning|

* Andriivskyi Descent
* Zamkova Hora
* Kyiv Fortress
* Hospital Fortifications
* Citadel with Bastions
* Lysohirskyi Fort
* Zvirynets Fortifications
* Vasylkiv Fortifications

Architecture|

* Cathedral of St. Alexander
* Residential House
* Sahaidachny Street

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* Bibliography of Stalinism and the Soviet Union § Culture
* Bibliography of the post-Stalinist Soviet Union § Culture

Russian SFSR|

* Central Studio for Documentary Film
* Gorky Film Studio
* Lenfilm
* Lennauchfilm
* Mosfilm
* Pilot
* South-Siberian Film Studio
* Soyuzmultfilm
* Studio Ekran
* Sverdlovsk Film Studio

Ukrainian SSR|

* Dovzhenko Film Studios
* Halychyna-Film Film Studio
* Kyivnaukfilm
* National Cinematheque of Ukraine
* Ukranimafilm
* Odesa Film Studio
* Ukrtelefilm
* Yalta Film Studio

Other republics|

* Armenfilm (Armenian SSR)
* Azerbaijanfilm (Azerbaijan SSR)
* Belarusfilm (Byelorussian SSR)
* Tallinnfilm (Estonian SSR)
* Gruziya-Film (Georgian SSR)
* Kazakhfilm (Kazakh SSR)
* Kirghizfilm (Kirghiz SSR)
* Riga Film Studio (Latvian SSR)
* Lithuanian Film Studios (Lithuanian SSR)
* Moldova-Film (Moldavian SSR)
* Tajikfilm (Tajik SSR)
* Turkmenfilm (Turkmen SSR)
* Uzbekfilm (Uzbek SSR)

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Israel

Other|

* Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine
* Yale LUX

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