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Aleksei Yuryevich German[1] (Russian: Алексей Юрьевич Герман, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ˈɡʲermən]; 20 July 1938 – 21 February 2013)[2] was a Soviet Russian film director and screenwriter.[3]

Aleksei Yuryevich German
Born	Aleksei Yuryevich German 20 July 1938 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (present day St. Petersburg, Russia)
Died	21 February 2013(2013-02-21) (aged 74) St. Petersburg, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Occupation	Film director screenwriter
Spouse	Svetlana Karmalita
Children	Aleksei German Jr.

Biography

German was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg, Russia) in 1938; his father was the writer Yuri German.[4] He studied under Grigori Kozintsev until 1960, and then moved on to working in theatre before joining the Lenfilm studio as an assistant director. He made his directing debut with Sedmoy Sputnik, co-directed with Grigori Aronov in 1967. Over the course of his career, many of his projects met with production difficulties or official opposition; in 50 years, he managed to complete just six feature films, his final film being the science fiction film Hard to Be a God, completed by his son, Alexei German after his death,[5] debuted at the Rome Film Festival in 2013.

Trial on the Road (1971) is the film that made Alexei German famous. It was banned for fifteen years and was shelved by the Ministry of Culture of the Soviet Union until its release (1986) during the Gorbachev era.

In 1987, at the Rotterdam International Film Festival (Netherlands), Alexei German, as a director, received a KNF Award for his three films, Trial on the Road, Twenty Days Without War, and My Friend Ivan Lapshin.

German was married to the screenwriter Svetlana Karmalita;[6] they had a son, Aleksei Alekseivich German, who is also a film director.[7] German died of heart failure 21 February 2013.[8]

Style

Most of German's films are set during the Joseph Stalin era and the Second World War, and they depict the time period in a critical light. His films, shot mostly in black and white or very muted color, have a distinctive "murky" look and are often described as looking "aged." He was known for his obstinacy as a director, for featuring protagonists who could be categorized neither as heroes nor antiheroes, and for casting actors against type.[9]

Filmography

As director

• 1967 – Sedmoy sputnik (The Seventh Companion)
• 1971 – Proverka na dorogakh (Trial on the Road)
• 1976 – Dvadtsat dney bez voyny (Twenty Days Without War)
• 1984 – Moy drug Ivan Lapshin (My Friend Ivan Lapshin)
• 1998 – Khrustalyov, mashinu! (Khrustalyov, My Car!)
• 2013 – Trudno byt' bogom (Hard to Be a God) (original title History of the Arkanar Massacre)

References

External links

• Aleksei Yuryevich German at IMDb
• War and Remembrance: The Films of Aleksei Guerman
  • The Strange Case of Russian Maverick Aleksei German, by Anton Dolin
  • "Time Unfrozen: The Films of Aleksei German," New Left Review 7, Jan.-Feb. 2001. by Tony Wood
  • Exorcism: Aleksei German Among the Long Shadows, by J. Hoberman
  • Shooting Down Pictures article Archived 30 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine

На других языках

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[de] Alexei Jurjewitsch German

Alexei Jurjewitsch German (russisch Алексей Юрьевич Герман, * 20. Juli 1938 in Leningrad; † 21. Februar 2013 in Sankt Petersburg) war ein russischer Filmregisseur und Drehbuchautor.

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- [en] Aleksei Yuryevich German

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[ru] Герман, Алексей Юрьевич

Алексе́й Ю́рьевич (Гео́ргиевич)[4] Ге́рман (20 июля 1938 — 21 февраля 2013[5]) — советский и российский кинорежиссёр, сценарист, продюсер и киноактёр; народный артист Российской Федерации (1994)[4]. Творческий подход и метод съемок обеспечили режиссёру репутацию перфекциониста и самого «полочного» советского режиссёра, его первый фильм «Проверка на дорогах», снятый в 1971 году, вышел в прокат лишь через пятнадцать лет.

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