Elem Klimov
Born: 1933-07-09 in Stalingrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Volgograd, Russia]
Died: 2003-10-26
Known For: Directing
Biography
Elem Germanovich Klimov (Russian: Эле́м Ге́рманович Кли́мов; 9 July 1933 – 26 October 2003) was a Soviet Russian film director. He studied at VGIK, and was married to film director Larisa Shepitko. Klimov is best known in the West for his final film, 1985's Come and See (Иди и смотри), which follows a teenage boy in German-occupied Belarus during the German-Soviet War and is often considered one of the greatest war films ever made. He also directed dark comedies, children's movies, and historical pictures.
Filmography
2012
- Islands as (archive footage)
- More Than Love as archive footage
1999
- A Talk with Larisa as Self
1988
- Klimov as Himself
1985
- Come and See ... (Director)
- The Story of the Film 'Come and See' as Self
1983
- Farewell ... (Director)
1981
- Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin ... (Director)
1980
- Larisa as Self
1974
- And Still I Believe ... (Director)
1970
- Sport, Sport, Sport ... (Director)
1967
- Adventures of a Dentist ... (Director)
1964
- Welcome, or No Trespassing ... (Director)
1962
- Fuse ... (Director)
- Look! The Sky! ... (Director)
1961
- Boys from Our Courtyard as Fyodor
1960
- The Groom ... (Director)