Elem Klimov

Birthday:

07/09/1933

Place of birth:

Stalingrad, Soviet Union:

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.



Credits

Come and See (1985)
Director
Come and See (1985)
Writer
Farewell (1983)
Director
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin (1981)
Director
Larisa (1980)
Director
Larisa (1980)
Writer
And Still I Believe (1974)
Director
Sport, Sport, Sport (1970)
Director
Adventures of a Dentist (1967)
Director
Welcome, or No Trespassing (1964)
Director
Look! The Sky! (1962)
Director
The Groom (1960)
Director