Aleksey German: filmography, biography, photo

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Aleksey Yurievich German is a film director, a person for whom quality is much more important than quantity. He worked for a very long time on each of his paintings, and also did not miss the opportunity to write a script, in which his beloved wife, Svetlana Karmalita, helped him. There is always less talk about directors than about actors. Therefore, the younger generation may not know who Alexei German is. What films are his merit? How did this person live? What have you achieved in your life?

Biography

1938-20-07 in the Leningrad family of Tatyana Alexandrovna and her husband, writer Yuri Pavlovich, the son Alexei was born - the future film director, actor, screenwriter. Soon it became known about the beginning of the war, and he and his mother moved to Arkhangelsk, and his father ended up in the Northern Fleet. After that, the family moved to Komarovo (in those days, Kelomyakhi), as little Lesha developed tuberculosis. There he went to school, immediately to the third grade, and it was at this time that he began to show his love for books - he completely immersed himself in reading.

In the 48th year of the last century, Alexei returned to Leningrad with his parents. During the day, he was seriously engaged in boxing, and in the evenings he did not miss the opportunity to go to the theater for a performance. At that time, Herman dreamed of becoming a doctor, visited the library and read a lot of literature on this topic.

Why did he become a director and decided to devote his whole life to cinema? The main contribution was made by Yuri Pavlovich and his friends. However, in order to arouse interest in creativity in Alexei, it did not take much effort. Already in 1955, he became a student at the directing department of the Leningrad Institute.

Student years

It so happened that Herman was surrounded by people much older than him. Many already had a higher education, and Aleksey Yuryevich himself said that he had to get into just such a group, since he always tried to reach out to his older comrades and strove not to be worse and dumber.

However, it was not without difficulties. At first, 17-year-old Lesha was accused of taking someone's place at the university, being a "writer's son". But soon the teacher Arkady Katsman returned to the university, who later became a professor. He looked at the sketches of the students, and then said that Herman had the most talented one, and this moment became decisive. And then there was the first session, which also played a role in the fate of Alexei - he was one of the few who received a mark of "five", when the rest were threes and fours.

Fateful was his graduation performance. "An Ordinary Miracle" (author - E. L. Schwartz) made an indelible impression on everyone who saw it. Among those who watched the performance was G. A. Tovstonogov, after which he invitedAlexei German to work at his Bolshoi Drama Theatre. Here, the cinematic thinking of the future legend was fully formed.

German came to Lenfilm in 1964. In the cinema, his first work was the picture of Vengerov "Workers' Village", in which he took the place of the second director. And three years later, together with G. Aronov, they staged the Seventh Satellite.

The first independent work of Alexei Yuryevich was the painting "Operation Happy New Year", the script of which was written based on the story of his father. Filming ended in 1971, but the film appeared on the screens only 14 years later under the name "Traffic Check".

Private life

In 1970, Alexei German, a film director, married screenwriter Svetlana Karmalita. She became not only his first and only wife, but also a permanent co-author. Subsequently, she became a screenwriter, an honored worker of arts. 6 years after the wedding, they had a child, son Alexei, who followed in the footsteps of his parents.

Aleksey German: filmography

The great director has four films in total. Not much, it might seem. But Aleksey Yuryevich put all his strength into them, made them the best. And they became such - they all entered the golden fund of Russian cinema. The last, fifth picture of Herman, was released in 2013, the year of his death. This is a film adaptation of the Strugatskys' novel It's Hard to Be a God. The master of cinema has been working on it for more than 10 years.

First independentwork, as already mentioned, was the picture "Check on the roads" with Rolan Bykov and Anatoly Solonitsyn in the lead roles. The film caused stormy criticism and condemnation, but already in 1988 Alexei was awarded the State Prize of the USSR.

In 1976, the equally popular painting “Twenty Days Without War” (based on the work of Konstantin Simonov) was published. The leading roles were played by Lyudmila Gurchenko and Yuri Nikulin. By chance, the film reached Paris, although at home it was released on the screen "through the teeth", as Alexei German himself said. In France, the Cannes Film Festival was taking place at that time. The film was so liked by the world community that the film director was awarded the well-known award in cinema - the name of Georges Sadoul.

"My friend Ivan Lapshin" made a positive impression on everyone who watched it. The film deserved a lot of applause, endless congratulations rained down on Alexei Yuryevich and the entire film crew. The film went on the air in 1984, and in 1998 Russia met "Khrustalev, car!", and again Herman received several awards for his work.

The last picture of the wonderful filmmaker is called "It's Hard to Be a God". He worked on it for more than 10 years, as already mentioned, but never had time to finish it. In 2013, German Sr. died, and his son completed the work, thanks to which the movie appeared on the screens in the same year.

Acting

Aleksey German is also a wonderful actor. He played the following roles:

• journalist at Rafferty;
• NikolaiDmitrievich in the film "Sergey Ivanovich retires";
• Konstantin Mustafidi in the film "The Director's Private Life";
• Lesnykh in the film "Sanched Time";
• Klamm in the "Castle";
• doctor in Giselle Mania.

Aleksey Yurievich German as screenwriter

Scenarios for two of his films were written by Alexei German himself (films Khrustalev, the car and It's hard to be a god). He also worked for other tapes:

• "The Tale of the Brave Khochbar".
• "There lived a brave captain."
• "Sit down, Mishka."
• "Torpedo bombers".
• "Journey to the Caucasus Mountains".
• "Death of Otrar".
• "My combat crew".

Awards

Aleksey German Sr. (his filmography consists of only a few paintings) received recognition or an award for almost every work of his:

1. 1988 - Honored Art Worker.
2. 1992 - Golden Ram.
3. 1994 - People's Artist of Russia.
4. 1998 - Triumph.
5. 1998 - S. Dovlatov Prize.
6. 2003 and 2012 - Tsarskoye Selo Art Prize.
7. 2008 - Order of Honor for contribution to the development of cinema.
8. Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree.

Aleksey German died on February 21, 2013, he was 74 years old. This is a wonderful person, film director, actor and screenwriter. He put a piece of his soul into his paintings, and it is thanks to this that today viewers can not only watch them, butand enjoy them.