
Aleksei German
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 20, 1938, Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]
- Died
- February 21, 2013
- Movies
- 29
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 Movies
Filmography
| 2023 | The Architect. The Story of Alexey German and His Films | self |
| 2019 | Aleksei German | Himself |
| 2012 | Playback | |
| 2008 | Germanology | Himself |
| 2003 | Kira | Self |
| 2002 | German. Lenfilm | |
| 1996 | The Arrival of a Train | |
| 1996 | Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography | (voice) |
| 1995 | Trofim | руководитель кинопроекта «Вокзалы Санкт-Петербурга» |
| 1995 | Gisele's Mania | doctor |
| 1994 | The Castle | Кламм |
| 1990 | Alexeï Guerman, cinéaste bien interdit | Lui-même |
| 1989 | The Time That Has Passed | |
| 1982 | Private Life of the Director | |
| 1981 | Sergey Ivanovich Retires |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2014 | Hard to Be a God | Director, Screenplay |
| 1999 | Khrustalyov, My Car! | Director, Writer |
| 1991 | The Fall of Otrar | Producer, Writer |
| 1987 | A Tale of The Brave Khochbar | Writer |
| 1987 | My Combat Team | Writer |
| 1986 | Dead Man's Letters | Writer |
| 1986 | Trial on the Road | Director |
| 1985 | Once Upon a Time There Was a Brave Captain | Writer |
| 1985 | My Friend Ivan Lapshin | Director, Writer |
| 1983 | Torpedo Bombers | Writer |
| 1982 | A Trip to the Caucasus Mountains | Writer |
| 1977 | Sit Next to Me, Mishka! | Screenplay |
| 1976 | Twenty Days Without War | Director |
| 1967 | The Seventh Companion | Director |
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