Aleksei German
July 20, 1938 · 87 years old
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 St…
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5 titles
Hard to Be a God
In the distant future, a space traveler from Earth breaks a special law and interferes with the history of another, Medieval-like planet.
Dead Man's Letters
In the aftermath of nuclear holocaust, a group of intellectuals crave to find hope in the pale and colorless new world. Among them, a history teacher tries to contact via letters his missing son.
My Friend Ivan Lapshin
Russian provincial town in the middle of the 1930s Stalin's Great Purge. Ivan Lapshin, the head of the local police, does what he has to do. And he does it well.
Khrustalyov, My Car!
Late winter 1953. The lives of nearly half the planet are in Stalin's hands.
Twenty Days Without War
During the 20-day leave, war correspondent Lopatin travels by train to the distant city of Tashkent. It's very far from the front but the war seems to be present in people's minds even there.