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Elem Klimov

Elem Klimov

Birthday: 1933-07-09 | Place of Birth: 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 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2012
Islands

as    (archive footage)

2012
More Than Love

as    archive footage

1980
Larisa

as    Self

1961
Boys from Our Courtyard

as    Fyodor