Mikhail Oshurkov
Camera
Known For
A 1981 documentary film directed by Yuri Ozerov. It showed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow. The director was awarded the State Prize of the USSR in 1982. The film was selected as the Soviet entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 54th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
O Sport, You Are Peace!
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Our Cinema
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Defeat of Militaristic Japan
The film is about the life and work of Grigory Ordzhonikidze Konstantinoviche, an important personality in both the Communist Party and the Soviet state. The film includes speeches by his bereaved friends who attended his funeral. In 1937, after the unexpected death of Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Vertov received an urgent order from the government to produce a film about the life of Ordzhonikidze. He was ordered to work together with Yakov Bliohom and the director of the film "Battleship Potemkin" distributed by Goskino (Soviet State Committee for Cinematography).
In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze
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A Celebration of Our Youth
Soviet documentary shot right after liberation of Auschwitz. It was used as evidence by the Soviet prosecution at the Nuremberg trials. In 2014, footage shot by cameraman Aleksandr Vorontsov, as well as his interview given in 1986 for German television, were included in Andre Singer’s documentary “Night Will Fall”.
Auschwitz
On August 24th of 1940 a group of cameramen cross the immense territory of the Soviet Union before it was attacked by Nazi Germany, and capture multiple aspects of life in this new world.
One Day in Soviet Russia
A documentary about the aviation holiday in Tushino on July 27, 1952.
USSR Air Fleet Day
The Arctic operation linking up with the Allies through the Barents Sea and Murmansk.
The 69th Parallel
The history of the Soviet space program and the flight of the world's first manned spacecraft "Vostok" piloted by Yuri Gagarin.
First Flight to the Stars
Documentary footage of Soviet Air Forces parade held on 9 July 1961 on Tushino airfield.
Mighty Wings
A documentary about the first Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR. The song “Moscow Nights” was written by the composer Vasily Solovyov-Sedoy to the lyrics by Mikhail Matusovsky especially for the event and later gained fame all across the country. In the movie it is performed by Vladimir Troshin, a Moscow Art Theatre actor.
During Spartakiad Days
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In the Circus Ring
About the two-month match for the world chess championship between grandmasters M. Botvinnik and D. Bronstein.
World Chess Championships
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I Serve the Soviet Union
Aviation holiday in Tushino - July 17, 1949.
USSR Air Fleet Day
The film tells about the aviation holiday in Tushino on July 8, 1951.