Elem Klimov
Directing1933Stalingrad, 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 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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16- 2012More Than LoveMovieas archive footage
1999A Talk with LarisaMovieas Self- 1988KlimovMovieas Self
1985The Story of the Film 'Come and See'Movieas Self- 1985Come and SeeMovieDirector · Writer
- 1983FarewellMovieDirector
- 1981Agony: The Life and Death of RasputinMovieDirector
- 1980LarisaMovieas Self · Director · Writer
- 1974And Still I BelieveMovieDirector
- 1970Sport, Sport, SportMovieDirector
- 1967Adventures of a DentistMovieDirector
- 1964Welcome, or No TrespassingMovieDirector
- 1962FuseTV showDirector · 4 episodes
- 1962Look! The Sky!MovieDirector
1961Boys from Our CourtyardMovieas Fyodor- 1960The GroomMovieDirector