First Oscar

First Oscar is a 2022 Russian WWII film directed by Sergey Mokritskiy. The film produced by New People Film Company also stars Tikhon Zhiznevsky, Anton Momot and Darya Zhovner. The film is dedicated to the history of the creation of the Soviet documentary film Moscow Strikes Back directed by Ilya Kopalin and Leonid Varlamov, filmed in record time, was awarded the first ever Oscar for best feature-length documentary in 1943. This is the first Soviet "Oscar" received by Russian cinematographersmen for capturing the course of hostilities and find themselves in the center of the Battle of Moscow in 1941. First Oscar was theatrically released in Russia on April 21, 2022, by Central Partnership. Plot In 1941 at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. German troops on the outskirts of Moscow. Twenty-year-old young student cameramen Lev Alperin and Ivan Maisky refuse to leave for evacuation and seek to be sent to the front to be in the center of the grand battle for Moscow with cameras. Lev Alperin and Ivan Maisky compete for the title of the best cameraman of the course and for the love of the beautiful Yuna from the acting department. When the evacuation begins, the three of them refuse to leave and go to the front: Yuna will perform in a concert team, and Ivan and Lev become military cameramen. Their rivalry continues here, but the trials and horrors of the war, the courage and exploits of the Soviet soldiers, which they witness, change their views on creativity and life. Only thanks to this they manage to shoot shots that will go down in history ...