
Elem Klimov
Jul 09, 1933 (91 years old) in
Stalingrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Volgograd, Russia]
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.
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Credits
- 2012 · Islands as (archive footage)
- 2012 · More Than Love as archive footage
- 1999 · A Talk with Larisa as Self
- 1988 · Klimov as Himself
- 1985 · The Story of the Film 'Come and See' as Self
- 1980 · Larisa as Self
- 1961 · Boys from Our Courtyard as Fyodor