Elem Klimov

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Elem Klimov

Directing July 9, 1933

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 directo…

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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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  1. 2012
    Islands

    Movie (archive footage)

  2. 2012
    More Than Love

    Movie archive footage

  3. 1999
    A Talk with Larisa

    Movie Self

  4. 1988
    Klimov

    Movie Self

  5. 1985
  6. 1985
    Come and See

    Movie Director

  7. 1983
    Farewell

    Movie Director

  8. 1981
  9. 1980
    Larisa

    Movie Self

  10. 1974
    And Still I Believe

    Movie Director

  11. 1970
    Sport, Sport, Sport

    Movie Director

  12. 1967
    Adventures of a Dentist

    Movie Director

  13. 1964
    Welcome, or No Trespassing

    Movie Director

  14. 1962
    Fuse

    TV show Director

  15. 1962
    Look! The Sky!

    Movie Director

  16. 1961
    Boys from Our Courtyard

    Movie Fyodor

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  1. 1960
    The Groom

    Movie Director