
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Born
July 20, 1938
Died
February 21, 2013 (age 74)
Place of Birth
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]
Also Known As
Алексей Герман
Alexey German
Alexei German
Aleksei German
A. German
Aleksei German
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.
Known For

TV
To Remember
Narrator
1993

TV
Легенды кино
Self (archive footage)
2016

Film
The Castle
Кламм
1994

Film
The Arrival of a Train
1996

Film
Gisele's Mania
doctor
1995

Film
Sergey Ivanovich Retires
1981

Film
The Time That Has Passed
1989

Film
Kira
Self
2003

Film
Aleksei German
Himself
2019

Film
Private Life of the Director
1982

Film
Germanology
Himself
2008

Film
Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
(voice)
1996
Film
Trofim
руководитель кинопроекта «Вокзалы Санкт-Петербурга»
1995

Film
Alexeï Guerman, cinéaste bien interdit
Lui-même
1990

Film
German. Lenfilm
2002

Film
Playback
2012

Film
The Architect. The Story of Alexey German and His Films
self
2023
Filmography
2023FilmThe Architect. The Story of Alexey German and His Filmsas self2019FilmAleksei Germanas Himself2016TVЛегенды киноas Self (archive footage)2012FilmPlayback2008FilmGermanologyas Himself2003FilmKiraas Self2002FilmGerman. Lenfilm1996FilmThe Arrival of a Train1996FilmSergei Eisenstein: Autobiographyas (voice)1995FilmTrofimas руководитель кинопроекта «Вокзалы Санкт-Петербурга»1995FilmGisele's Maniaas doctor1994FilmThe Castleas Кламм1993TVTo Rememberas Narrator1990FilmAlexeï Guerman, cinéaste bien interditas Lui-même1989FilmThe Time That Has Passed1982FilmPrivate Life of the Director1981FilmSergey Ivanovich Retires