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Elem Klimov

Soviet film director (1933-2003) · Russia · On the map · Directors · Died at 70

Elem Germanovich Klimov was a Soviet and Russian filmmaker. He studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, and was married to film director Larisa Shepitko.

Elem Klimov is read about 588 times a day, in 32 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 9 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 114 days, one point a day.

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A life in dates

2003Died26 October 20031999A Talk with LarisaFilm1988KlimovFilm1985Come and SeeFilm, Director, Writer1983FarewellFilm, Director1981Agony: The Life and Death of RasputinFilm, Director1980LarisaFilm, Director, Writer1974And Still I BelieveFilm, Director1970Sport, Sport, SportFilm, Director1967Adventures of a DentistFilm, Director1964Welcome, or No TrespassingFilm, Director1962FuseSeries, DirectorLook! The Sky!Film, 1962Director1961Boys from Our CourtyardFilm, Fyodor1960The GroomFilm, Director1933Born9 July 1933

People around Elem

  • Come and See 1985
  • Welcome, or No Trespassing 1964
  • Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin 1981

Filmography 16

20 credits on file

Television 1

Awards

People's Artist of the Russian Federation
Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

About this person

Klimov is best known for his final film, Come and See, which follows a teenage boy in German-occupied Byelorussia during World War Two and which received universal acclaim. His work also includes black comedies, children's movies, and period dramas.

Country
Russia
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1933 to 2003 · aged 70