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Aleksei German
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Life & Death

Died aged 74
Also known asАлексей Герман, Alexey German, Alexei German, A. German, Aleksei Gherman, Alexei Gierman, Alekseï Guerman, Alexey Guerman, Alexeï Guerman, А. ГерманGenderMaleNationalityRussiaBorn20/07/1938Born inLeningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]Died21/02/2013 (aged 74)Died inSaint PetersburgCausekidney failureWikidataQ2622675 ↗Buried atBogoslovskoe cemeteryTMDb#270361 ↗

Aleksei Yuryevich German was a Russian film director and screenwriter. In a career spanning five decades of filmmaking, German completed six feature films, 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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Filmography17 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2023The Architect. The Story of Alexey German and His FilmsMovieself85
2019Aleksei GermanMovieHimself81
2016Legends of CinemaSeriesSelf (archive footage)78
2012PlaybackMovie—74
2008GermanologyMovieHimself70
2003KiraMovieSelf65
2002German. LenfilmMovie—64
1996The Arrival of a TrainMovie—58
1996Sergei Eisenstein: AutobiographyMovie(voice)58
1995Gisele's ManiaMoviedoctor57
1995TrofimMovieруководитель кинопроекта «Вокзалы Санкт-Петербурга»57
1994The CastleMovieКламм56
1993To RememberSeriesNarrator55
1990Alexeï Guerman, cinéaste bien interditMovieLui-même52
1989The Time That Has PassedMovie—51
1982Private Life of the DirectorMovie—44
1981Sergey Ivanovich RetiresMovie—43