
Aleksei German
Department: Directing
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.
Known For

Alexeï Guerman, cinéaste bien interdit
1990

The Arrival of a Train
1996

Private Life of the Director
1982

Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
1996

German. Lenfilm
2002

Playback
2012

Gisele's Mania
1995

Kira
2003

Sergey Ivanovich Retires
1981

The Castle
1994

Trofim
1995

The Time That Has Passed
1989

Germanology
2008

Aleksei German
2019

The Architect. The Story of Alexey German and His Films
2023

To Remember
1993

Легенды кино
2016