Mosfilm
A 2024 stamp of Russia dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Mosfilm, featuring its post-2012 logo | |
| Company type | Federal state unitary enterprise |
|---|---|
| Industry | Motion pictures |
| Founded | 30 January 1924 |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
Key people | Karen Shakhnazarov (Chairman) |
| Products | Motion pictures Television programs |
| 917,747,000 Russian ruble (2024) | |
Number of employees | 1,500 |
| Subsidiaries | ARK-film, Zhanr Film, Kinoslovo, Ritm, Kurier, Cinema Line |
| Website | en |
Mosfilm (Russian: Мосфильм, Mosfil’m pronounced [məsˈfʲilʲm], initialism and portmanteau of Moscow Films) is a film studio in Moscow which is among the largest and oldest in Russia and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the Soviet Union 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 (Дерсу Узала) and War and Peace (Война и мир).