Aleksei German

Aleksei German

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.

On screen

  • The Architect. The Story of Alexey German and His Films
  • Aleksei German
  • Playback
  • Germanology
  • Kira
  • German. Lenfilm
  • The Arrival of a Train
  • Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
  • Gisele's Mania
  • The Castle
  • Alexeï Guerman, cinéaste bien interdit
  • The Time That Has Passed
  • Private Life of the Director
  • Sergey Ivanovich Retires

Behind the camera

  • Hard to Be a God
  • Khrustalyov, My Car!
  • The Fall of Otrar
  • My Combat Team
  • A Tale of The Brave Khochbar
  • Trial on the Road
  • Dead Man's Letters
  • My Friend Ivan Lapshin
  • Once Upon a Time There Was a Brave Captain
  • Torpedo Bombers
  • A Trip to the Caucasus Mountains
  • Sit Next to Me, Mishka!
  • Twenty Days Without War
  • The Seventh Companion

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