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Elem Klimov

Elem Klimov

Director · 1933–2003 · Stalingrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Volgograd, Russia]

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Biography

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.

Directed 11

1980s

  1. 1985

    Come and See

    Director

    85
  2. 1983

    Farewell

    Director

  3. 1981

    Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

    Director

    69
  4. 1980

    Larisa

    Director

1970s

  1. 1974

    And Still I Believe

    Director

  2. 1970

    Sport, Sport, Sport

    Director

1960s

  1. 1967

    Adventures of a Dentist

    Director

  2. 1964

    Welcome, or No Trespassing

    Director

  3. 1962

    Fuse

    Director

  4. Look! The Sky!

    Director

  5. 1960

    The Groom

    Director

Wrote 2

1980s

  1. 1985

    Come and See

    Writer

    85
  2. 1980

    Larisa

    Writer

Acted in 1

1960s

  1. 1961

    Boys from Our Courtyard

    Fyodor

Appearances3

1990s

  1. 1999

    A Talk with Larisa

    Self

1980s

  1. 1985

    The Story of the Film 'Come and See'

    Self

  2. 1980

    Larisa

    Self