abstract:Mosfilm (, ) is a film studio often described as the largest and oldest in Russia and in Europe. Its output includes most of the more widely acclaimed Soviet-era films, ranging from works by Tarkovsky and Eisenstein (commonly considered the greatest Soviet directors), to Red Westerns, to the Akira Kurosawa co-production (Дерсу Узала / Dersu Uzala) and the epic Война и Мир / War and Peace.
When Ivan Shapovalov was looking for girls forhisnewbandtATu, thetwogirlsmetagainduring an audition4 at Mosfilm studios. They were selected independently out of 500 contenders5.
It came as a terrible shock to him that the experience of an independent American production should turn out to be as heart-breaking as that of a film made in the Mosfilm studio.