Director
Elem Klimov
Born July 9, 1933 in Stalingrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Volgograd, Russia]Died October 26, 200310 films
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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First watchCome and See19858.2Their most acclaimed film, and an easy way in.The invasion of a village in Belarus by German forces sends young Flyora into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes.View filmEssential films
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10 films as director- 1985Come and SeeDirector
- 1983FarewellDirector
- 1981Agony: The Life and Death of RasputinDirector
- 1980LarisaDirector
- 1974And Still I BelieveDirector
- 1970Sport, Sport, SportDirector
- 1967Adventures of a DentistDirector
- 1964Welcome, or No TrespassingDirector
- 1962Look! The Sky!Director
- 1960The GroomDirector