Aleksei German
Directing
July 20, 1938
Died at age 74
February 21, 2013
Date of Death
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]
17 Credits
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.
