From the first days of the war, the Lenfilm film studio began restructuring its work: new scripts appeared in the form of a story, a movie novel, even an anecdote for the spite of the day. The evacuation of the main staff of Lenfilm in Alma-Ata did not stop the work of the Leningrad part of the studio. In 1942, the film "Mittens" was released in Leningrad ("The Bravest," script by S. Z. Polotsky and M. G. Tevelev, directed by N. A. Lyubshits and P. N. Armand) is the only feature film created in Leningrad during the blockade. The next film of the Marine Battalion film studio (written by A. P. Stein, directed by A. I. Minkin and A. M. Feinzimmer) was shot in 1944, after the blockade was lifted.
A special place in the cinema of Leningrad during the siege period is occupied by the film "Leningrad in the Struggle" (Leningrad Newsreel Studio, script by N. G. Komarentsov, cameramen R. L. Carmen and V. M. Solovtsov, director V. M. Solovtsov), filmed from the first days of the war until April 1942. It was shown at the Nuremberg trials as an indictment.
Residents of the besieged city, with the exception of several winter months in 1941-1942, had the opportunity to watch films released both in peacetime and after the outbreak of war. In September 1942, 21 cinemas were already operating. In addition, films were regularly shown in many houses of culture and clubs.
Between Q3 1941 and Q3 1943, audiences visited cinemas 20,418,000 times.
