Elem Klimov
Director · 1933 – 2003 · 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.
Movies5
- MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
A program made for Kultura on the life and career of Larisa Shepitko.
Islands
2012
- MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
A program on the relationship between the filmmaking couple Larisa Sheptiko and Elim Klimov.
More Than Love
2012
Movie6.3DocumentaryElem Klimov's tribute to his late wife, director Larisa Shepitko, killed in a car accident a year earlier. Features excerpts from all of her films, and archival audio of her discussing life and art.
Movie7.3DramaA short film about young delinquents terrorizing a neighbourhood.
Movie6.8DocumentaryA promotional featurette for the 1985 film "Come and See" including on-set footage from the production as well as interviews with the director, writer, and lead actor.