
Aleksei German
Known For
Directing
Born
1938-07-20 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]
Died
2013-02-21
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.
Most Known For

To Remember
as Narrator

Легенды кино
as Self (archive footage)

Aleksei German
as Himself

The Arrival of a Train

The Castle
as Кламм

Gisele's Mania
as doctor

Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
as (voice)

The Time That Has Passed

Trofim
as руководитель кинопроекта «Вокзалы Санкт-Петербурга»

Sergey Ivanovich Retires

Private Life of the Director

German. Lenfilm

Kira
as Self

The Architect. The Story of Alexey German and His Films
as self

Alexeï Guerman, cinéaste bien interdit
as Lui-même

Playback

Germanology
as Himself