A portrait of Aleksei German

Aleksei German

Acting

Born

July 20, 1938

Place of Birth

Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]

Deceased

February 21, 2013

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.

The Filmography

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