Dovzhenko Film Studio

Credits

Captures by
Logoarto

Video captures courtesy of
Clauen Saxon

Background

This is one of the biggest film studios in former Soviet Union and modern Ukraine. Started in the city of Kiev by 1927, it was originally named Kiev Feature Films Studio and in 1956 renamed after the famous film director A. P. Dovzhenko.

1st Logo (1940's-1957)

Visuals: Just the name of the studio, arranged in favorite Soviet style.

Technique: A still printed graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: ^[Examples?]

2nd Logo (November 5, 1957-1963)

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Visuals: The name of the studio appears, reading "КИЕВСКАЯ КИНОСТУДИЯ имени А.П.Довженко". The marble imprint of A.P. Dovzhenko's head is seen usually at the topside.

Variants:

• In the first year, the full name from the previous logo appeared, with the dedication to Dovzhenko added below. After then it was shortened, and italics added.
• The head sometimes does not appear. Once it did appear by the right side.
• There are several color gammas and grayscale versions.

Technique: A still printed graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Retained on some early Soviet and Ukrainian film releases of the era. The color version appears on Партизанская искра (1957), Небо зовет (1959), Таврия (1959), and За двумя зайцами (1961), while the grayscale variant is seen on films produced in B&W, examples are Катя-Катюша (Katya-Katyusha) (1959) and Вдали от Родины (Far from the Motherland) (1960).

3rd Logo (November 2, 1964-1990's, Late 2000's-)

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Visuals: The words КИНО and СТУДИЯ (KINO STUDIO) are stacked in a box at the top right side. Another part of the logo appears below, reading ИМЕНИ and Александра Довженко. The year is seen below. The logo is crossed with faint spotlight beam.

Variants:

• There are many color variants.
• The box was removed after some time, leaving just stacked words, and the beam and year were gone. Even later "КИНО" became outlined.
• In several occasions, the name was in Ukrainian rather than Russian.

Technique: None. Sometimes fading effects are used.

Audio: None or the opening theme.

Availability: Lived almost until three decades.

• Like with previous logo, most of hundred outputs of Soviet and Ukrainian films from the library were owned by Russian company RVISION. Most of Dovzhenko's material outputs are regularly seen on Russian/Ukrainian TV networks, re-released, or on digitally restored prints on their Russian DVD/Blu-ray of the former material.
• It stated that this is debuted on Люди не все знают, their first film to use the logo.
• The color version is seen on some color films like Тени забытых предков (Shadow of Forgotten Ancestors) (1965), Звезда балета (Zvezda baleta) (1964), Над нами Южный крест (1965), Назовите ураган «Марией» (1970), Вы Петьку не видели? (1975), and other outputs from the studio.
• The black and white variant is seen on B&W films like Эксперимент доктора Абста (1968), Дни летные (Flying Days) (1965), and Ракеты не должны взлететь (Rakety ne dolzny vzletet) (1965).
• The logo made its resurface on recent films like Platon Angel and Metelik.

4th Logo (2000's)

Visuals: A dark flower field appears, crossed with lightning bolts. Then the sky clears and the sunflowers raise their heads until one of them looks directly into the screen and others vanish. The flower turns into stylized picture with handwritten "Д" over it and the name around. The word above reads "НАЦIОНАЛЬНА" and below are "КIНОСТУДIЯ IМЕНI" and "О.ДОВЖЕНКА" in red font.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A classic piano tune.

Availability: The studio now produces much less films than before, and nearly all of them miss the logo at all. It was seen on Vladyka Andrey.