Aleksei German

Aleksei German

Known for

Directing

Born

July 20, 1938

Birthplace

Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]

Died

February 21, 2013 (aged 74)

Biography

Aleksei Yuryevich German (Алексей Юрьевич Герман, 20 July 1938 – 21 February 2013) was a Soviet and Russian director, screenwriter and producer. He is noted for his stark pessimism, long, serpentine sequence shots, black and white cinematography, overbearing sound design and acute observations of Stalinist Russia.

Best known work

Hard to Be a God
Hard to Be a God
2014
Dead Man's Letters
Dead Man's Letters
1986
My Friend Ivan Lapshin
My Friend Ivan Lapshin
1985
Khrustalyov, My Car!
Khrustalyov, My Car!
1999
Trial on the Road
Trial on the Road
1986
The Castle
The Castle
1994
Twenty Days Without War
Twenty Days Without War
1976
Torpedo Bombers
Torpedo Bombers
1983
The Fall of Otrar
The Fall of Otrar
1991
The Seventh Companion
The Seventh Companion
1967

Filmography

  1. 2023

    The Architect. The Story of Alexey German and His Films

    as self

  2. 2019

    Aleksei German

    as Himself

  3. 2016

    Legends of CinemaTV

    as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

  4. 2014

    Hard to Be a God

    Director, Screenplay

  5. 2012

  6. 2008

    Germanology

    as Himself

  7. 2003

    Kira

    as Self

  8. 2002

  9. 1999

    Khrustalyov, My Car!

    Director, Writer

  10. 1996

  11. 1996

  12. 1995

    Trofim

    as руководитель кинопроекта «Вокзалы Санкт-Петербурга»

  13. 1995

  14. 1994

    The Castle

    as Кламм

  15. 1993

    To RememberTV

    as Narrator (1 episode)

  16. 1991

    The Fall of Otrar

    Producer, Writer

  17. 1990

  18. 1989

  19. 1987

  20. 1987

  21. 1986

  22. 1986

  23. 1985

  24. 1985

    My Friend Ivan Lapshin

    Director, Writer

  25. 1983

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