Type Corporation Products Motion pictures Founded 1933 | Industry Motion pictures Headquarters Saint Petersburg | |
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Key people Anton Smirnov (General Manager ) Website | ||
Lennauchfilm (Acronym of Leningrad studio popular science and educational films) — Soviet and Russian film studio (g. Leningrad) .
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The current Lennauchfilm studio is one of the largest in the Russian Federation .
Lennauchfilm — full-cycle studio, working on films for theatrical, video and television rental. Documentary films created at Lennauchfilm are concerned with such topics as the history of Russia, defense technology, architecture, religion, and customs of the multinational state. Topics of film series include the secrets of rare trades and crafts, popular science films about nature and travel, and biographical sketches.
The collection Lennauchfilm includes feature films with famous actors, as well as animation (such as short films using a variety of techniques ) .
Products of Lennauchfilm have received numerous awards in international film festivals.
History
The name of the studio has undergone several changes.
In 1938, the "film studio" part of the name was shortened to "studio".
During the siege of Leningrad, the studio continued to work around the clock, in Leningrad, to provide newsreels delivered immediately to theaters, as well as to the front lines.
At the studio over the years such well-known documentary cinematographers as Pavel Klushantsev, Lazarus Antsi-Polovsky, Vladimir Granatman, Lazareva Ludmila, Maria Kligman and many others.