Aleksei German
Also Known As: Алексей Герман, Alexey German, Alexei German, Aleksei German, A. German, Aleksei Gherman, Alexei Gierman, Alekseï Guerman, Alexey Guerman, Alexeï Guerman
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.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]
Adult: No
Birthday: July 20, 1938
Age: 86 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: February 21, 2013
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Alexeï Guerman, cinéaste bien interdit
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-10-01
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The Arrival of a Train
Overview: Almanac of five short stories commissioned by ROSKOMKINO to celebrate the 100th anniversary of cinema.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1996-10-08
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Private Life of the Director
Overview: Follows the director of a large plant, acutely aware of his personal responsibility to society for everything he is involved in.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1982-04-17
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Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
Overview: A free film adaptation of the director's memoirs. In form, this is the "stream of consciousness" that attracted Sergei Eisenstein after getting acquainted with the experiments of James Joyce. The outer outline of the film is a long foreign trip of the director, which began in 1929, during which he recalls his past life and considers creative ideas. The film is constructed as a free alternation of reality, dreams, and fantasies. The material for it is fragments from the films of Sergei Eisenstein and his fellow contemporaries, documentary footage depicting the director and his time. The wide coverage of the faces and events reflected in the film shows the special role of Sergei Eisenstein in the culture of the twentieth century…
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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German. Lenfilm
Overview: "German. Lenfilm "was filmed as part of the project" Petersburg 300 " and is dedicated to Alexey Yuryevich Herman. The audience will see the Lenfilm film studio through the eyes of a great director, will be able to look into the studio where A. Herman's latest film "It's Hard to be a God" is being mounted, and will feel the difficult character of the hero of the tape.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2002-08-21
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Playback
Overview: A portrait of the Russian filmmaker Alexei Guerman via an exploration of the making of his latest film, an adaptation of It Is Difficult to Be a God, a science-fiction novel by the Strougaski brothers, on which he has been working for several years, Hard to Be God explores the director's complex relationships with his crew, who he rules with a rod of iron. The film exposes the power relations of authority and the submission of a film crew to a director who is trying to change history, fight servitude and advocate freedom.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2012-10-01
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Gisele's Mania
Overview: A detective-dramatic chronicle of love adventures of the famous Russian ballerina Olga Spesivtseva, nicknamed by contemporaries Red Giselle. It was Giselle who immortalized her name in 1924. It was "Giselle" that caused the psychic catastrophe in 1942.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1995-06-06
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Kira
Overview: Film about the work of Ukrainian film director Kira Muratova.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2003-06-15
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Sergey Ivanovich Retires
Overview: Accountant Sergey Ivanovich is retiring. Finally, he will be able to devote all his free time to his family: he will help his daughter Natalya with the housework, raise his granddaughter, visit his sons who live in different cities... But it turns out that adult children do not need parental care, and Sergei Ivanovich feels uneasy at work...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1981-04-20
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Trofim
Overview: One of the three films that comprise Arrival of a Train, a collection of shorts made to celebrate the centenary of cinema. Set at the turn of the 20th century, the film follows Trofim, a Russian peasant jealous of his wife for having an affair with his brother. Trofim kills his brother and runs away to St. Petersburg. Then Trofim steps off the train in St. Petersburg, a cameraman who happens to be shooting on the platform captures his arrival.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1995-10-07
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The Castle
Overview: Closely based on Franz Kafka's book "Das Schloß", the movie shares the same action on a land surveyor who is called to a village to do a job that no one seems to have ordered. Once there, he takes up the struggle against bureaucracy emanating from the castle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1994-12-26
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The Time That Has Passed
Overview: The 1950s. The head of the steel industry was removed from his position and appointed ambassador to one of the northern countries of Europe. He had enough time to reflect on his life and understand the true reason for his dismissal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Germanology
Overview: Alexey German about himself and his work.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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Aleksei German
Overview: Veteran film historian and critic Ron Holloway interviews the Russian director.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-04-29
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