Director

Elem Klimov

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Directed movies: 9Directed series: 1All crew credits: 10

TMDB ID: 93406

IMDb ID: nm0459552

Known for: Directing

Born: July 9, 1933

Died: October 26, 2003

Age: 70

Place of birth: Stalingrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Volgograd, Russia]

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1960 - 1999

Years active: 40

Average TMDB rating: 7.09

Wikidata: Q516987

Also known as

Elem Germanowitsch Klimow • Elem Germanovič Klimov • Элем Климов • Elem Guermanovitch Klimov

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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.