Elem Germanovich Klimov (Russian: ÐÐ»ÐµÌ Ð¼ Ð"ÐµÌ Ñ€Ð¼Ð°Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡
ÐšÐ»Ð¸Ì Ð¼Ð¾Ð²; 9 July 1933 â€" 26 October 2003) was a Soviet Russian
filmmaker. He studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography,
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
Ñ Ð¼Ð¾Ñ‚Ñ€Ð¸), which follows a teenage boy in German-occupied
Byelorussia during the Great Patriotic War and is often considered one
of the greatest war films ever made. He also directed dark comedies,
children's movies, and historical pictures.Elem Klimov was born in
Stalingrad (now Volgograd) into a Russian family, to German
Stepanovich Klimov, an investigator who worked at the Central Control
Commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and Kaleria
Georgievna Klimova. His parents were staunch communists and his first
name was an acronym derived from the names of Engels, Lenin and Marx.
Nevertheless, his brother German Klimov stated that his name comes
from Elam Harnish â€" a character of the Burning Daylight novel by
Jack London, since their mother was a fan of his. During the Battle of
Stalingrad, he, his mother and his baby brother were evacuated from
their home and crossed the Volga on a makeshift raft. Klimov would
later draw on these experiences for his 1985 film Come and See.In
1957, Klimov graduated from the Higher Institute of Aviation in
Moscow. He considered a career in journalism before settling on
cinema. He enrolled at the state film school, the Gerasimov Institute
of Cinematography, where he studied under acclaimed director Efim
Dzigan. While a student at the institute, Klimov met Larisa Shepitko,
whom he would later marry. In 1983, he was a member of the jury at the
33rd Berlin International Film Festival.He died in October 2003 from
brain hypoxia after six weeks in a coma. He was buried at the
Troyekurovskoye Cemetery.
ÐšÐ»Ð¸Ì Ð¼Ð¾Ð²; 9 July 1933 â€" 26 October 2003) was a Soviet Russian
filmmaker. He studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography,
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
Ñ Ð¼Ð¾Ñ‚Ñ€Ð¸), which follows a teenage boy in German-occupied
Byelorussia during the Great Patriotic War and is often considered one
of the greatest war films ever made. He also directed dark comedies,
children's movies, and historical pictures.Elem Klimov was born in
Stalingrad (now Volgograd) into a Russian family, to German
Stepanovich Klimov, an investigator who worked at the Central Control
Commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and Kaleria
Georgievna Klimova. His parents were staunch communists and his first
name was an acronym derived from the names of Engels, Lenin and Marx.
Nevertheless, his brother German Klimov stated that his name comes
from Elam Harnish â€" a character of the Burning Daylight novel by
Jack London, since their mother was a fan of his. During the Battle of
Stalingrad, he, his mother and his baby brother were evacuated from
their home and crossed the Volga on a makeshift raft. Klimov would
later draw on these experiences for his 1985 film Come and See.In
1957, Klimov graduated from the Higher Institute of Aviation in
Moscow. He considered a career in journalism before settling on
cinema. He enrolled at the state film school, the Gerasimov Institute
of Cinematography, where he studied under acclaimed director Efim
Dzigan. While a student at the institute, Klimov met Larisa Shepitko,
whom he would later marry. In 1983, he was a member of the jury at the
33rd Berlin International Film Festival.He died in October 2003 from
brain hypoxia after six weeks in a coma. He was buried at the
Troyekurovskoye Cemetery.
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