Aleksei German
Birthday: 1938-07-20
Place of Birth: Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]
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.
Movies
Alexeï Guerman, cinéaste bien interdit
This film was broadcast on La Sept in October 1990 as a part of Hélène Mochiri's Cinéma de poche pro...
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The Arrival of a Train
Almanac of five short stories commissioned by ROSKOMKINO to celebrate the 100th anniversary of cinem...
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Private Life of the Director
Follows the director of a large plant, acutely aware of his personal responsibility to society for e...
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Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
A free film adaptation of the director's memoirs. In form, this is the "stream of consciousness" tha...
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German. Lenfilm
"German. Lenfilm "was filmed as part of the project" Petersburg 300 " and is dedicated to Alexey Yur...
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Playback
A portrait of the Russian filmmaker Alexei Guerman via an exploration of the making of his latest fi...
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Gisele's Mania
A detective-dramatic chronicle of love adventures of the famous Russian ballerina Olga Spesivtseva, ...
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Sergey Ivanovich Retires
Accountant Sergey Ivanovich is retiring. Finally, he will be able to devote all his free time to his...
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Trofim
One of the three films that comprise Arrival of a Train, a collection of shorts made to celebrate th...
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The Castle
Closely based on Franz Kafka's book "Das Schloß", the movie shares the same action on a land surveyo...
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The Time That Has Passed
The 1950s. The head of the steel industry was removed from his position and appointed ambassador to ...
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Aleksei German
Veteran film historian and critic Ron Holloway interviews the Russian director....
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The Architect. The Story of Alexey German and His Films
A story about the creative biography of Alexei German Sr. through the prism of his latest film - It'...
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