Person

Aleksei German

Directing · 1938–2013 · Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]

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.

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  Legends of Cinema

  Self (archive footage)

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  Dead Man's Letters

  Writer

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  To Remember

  Narrator

• Trofim

  руководитель кинопроекта «Вокзалы Санкт-Петербурга»

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  Torpedo Bombers

  Writer

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  A Tale of The Brave Khochbar

  Writer

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  The Fall of Otrar

  Producer

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  Hard to Be a God

  Director

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  Khrustalyov, My Car!

  Director

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  Once Upon a Time There Was a Brave Captain

  Writer

• 2023The Architect. The Story of Alexey German and His Filmsself
• 2019Aleksei GermanHimself
• 2016Legends of CinemaSelf (archive footage)
• 2014Hard to Be a GodDirector
• 2012Playback
• 2008GermanologyHimself
• 2003KiraSelf
• 2002German. Lenfilm
• 1999Khrustalyov, My Car!Director
• 1996The Arrival of a Train
• 1996Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography(voice)
• 1995Trofimруководитель кинопроекта «Вокзалы Санкт-Петербурга»
• 1995Gisele's Maniadoctor
• 1994The CastleКламм
• 1993To RememberNarrator
• 1991The Fall of OtrarProducer
• 1990Alexeï Guerman, cinéaste bien interditLui-même
• 1989The Time That Has Passed
• 1987A Tale of The Brave KhochbarWriter
• 1987My Combat TeamWriter
• 1986Dead Man's LettersWriter
• 1986Trial on the RoadDirector
• 1985Once Upon a Time There Was a Brave CaptainWriter
• 1985My Friend Ivan LapshinDirector
• 1983Torpedo BombersWriter
• 1982Private Life of the Director
• 1982A Trip to the Caucasus MountainsWriter
• 1981Sergey Ivanovich Retires
• 1977Sit Next to Me, Mishka!Screenplay
• 1976Twenty Days Without WarDirector
• 1967The Seventh CompanionDirector
• 1966The Worker's SettlementAssistant Director