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Elem Klimov is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Russe born on 9 july 1933 at Volgograd (Russie)

Elem Klimov

Elem Klimov
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Birth name Elem Guermanovitch Klimov
Nationality Russie
Birth 9 july 1933 at Volgograd (Russie)
Death 26 october 2003 (at 70 years) at Moscow (Russie)

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. He is best known in the West for his final film, 1985's Come and See (Иди и смотри), a powerful tale of a teenage boy in German-occupied Belarus during the German-Soviet War, but he also directed dark comedies, children's movies, and historical pictures.

Biography

Âgé de 9 ans, lors de la bataille de Stalingrad, Elem Klimov doit quitter sa ville natale pour rejoindre l'Oural. Il traverse la Volga, enfoui sous les couvertures et les oreillers, protégé par sa mère qui fait écran de son corps, car les Allemands bombardent également les bateaux. Il verra la ville et le fleuve en feu et le pétrole des réservoirs détruits se déversant sur l'eau. Cette expérience le poussera plus tard à tourner un film de guerre intitulé Va et regarde (Idi e smotri, également traduit par Viens et Vois ou Requiem pour un massacre).

Il fait ses études à l'école d'aviation de Moscou, dont il sort diplômé en 1957, puis il travaille comme ingénieur dans une usine de la capitale. Il s'essaie ensuite au journalisme par le biais d'émissions destinées à la jeunesse sur la Radio-télévision centrale et travaille peu après à la Philharmonie de Moscou. Il obtient en 1964 le plus haut diplôme de mise en scène délivré par le VGIK, l'Institut moscovite d'études cinématographiques. Il eut notamment pour professeur Efim Dzigan. Immédiatement invité par la Mosfilm, il débute en tant que réalisateur avec Soyez les bienvenus ou Entrée interdite, une satire sulfureuse de l'univers des camps de vacances en été et des évènements qui peuvent s'y dérouler. La démarche satirique se poursuit avec Les Aventures d'un dentiste qui suscite le mécontentement des bureaucrates de la hiérarchie cinématographique. En 1970, il tente une expérience avec son long métrage documentaire Sport, sport, sport, qui intègre dans sa structure des séquences jouées. Ce mélange d'images documentaires et de jeu d'acteurs se retrouve dans son film Raspoutine, l'agonie qui évoque la fin de la dynastie Romanov. L'œuvre ne sort que sept ans après la fin de son tournage. Elle vaut à son auteur des ennuis avec la censure en raison de la violence de certaines scènes et de l'âpreté du regard historique, inhabituelles dans le cinéma soviétique. Klimov attendra aussi sept ans pour avoir l'autorisation de tourner Va et regarde ou selon l'intitulé francophone Requiem pour un massacre, œuvre encore plus éprouvante que la précédente. Celle-ci évoque, en effet, au travers du parcours d'un partisan de 15 ans, la politique allemande d'annihilation des populations de plusieurs centaines de villages biélorusses lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. En 1974, Klimov est appelé avec Guerman Lavrov et Marlen Khoutsiev à remplacer Mikhaïl Romm, décédé durant le tournage de Malgré tout, je crois. En 1979, son épouse, Larisa Shepitko, qui avait débuté la réalisation des Adieux à Matiora, trouve la mort à 40 ans dans un accident de la route. Il reprend le film et le réalise entièrement. Larissa, tourné l'année suivante, est une biographie d'une vingtaine de minutes de son épouse.

De 1985 à 1989, il a été premier secrétaire de l'Union des artistes du cinéma de l'URSS.

Il meurt en 2003 d'un accident vasculaire cérébral et est enterré à Moscou au cimetière Troïekourovskoïe.

Il fut membre du jury au Festival de Cannes 1987.

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Filmography of Elem Klimov (5 films)

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Director

Come and See, 2h20
Directed by Elem Klimov
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Horror, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Aleksei Kravchenko
Rating83% 4.1990754.1990754.1990754.1990754.199075
In 1943 two Belarusian boys are digging in a sand field looking for abandoned rifles in order to join the Soviet partisan forces. Yustin, an old man, warns them not to dig (using sarcasm and reverse psychology). One of the boys, Flyora (Aleksei Kravchenko), finds an SVT-40 rifle. The next day partisans arrive at his house and take Flyora with them, to the dismay of Flyora's mother. She fears that the loss of her son, like his father before him, will lessen her and her daughters' chances of survival.
Farewell
Farewell (1983)
, 1h48
Directed by Elem Klimov, Larissa Chepitko
Genres Drama
Actors Stefaniya Staniyuta, Alexei Petrenko, Lev Dourov, Alexeï Petrenko, Maïa Boulgakova, Maya Bulgakovа
Rating73% 3.6784353.6784353.6784353.6784353.678435
The existence of the village of Matyora, located on a small island of the same name, is threatened with flooding by the construction of a dam to serve a hydroelectric power plant. The villagers oppose their displacement and the loss of their traditions, but are eventually forced to bid farewell to their homeland.
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin, 2h23
Directed by Elem Klimov
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Alissa Freindlich, Anatoli Romashin, Velta Līne, Mikhail Svetin, Lev Lemke, Alexeï Petrenko
Rating69% 3.4922853.4922853.4922853.4922853.492285
The storyline of the film follows the final months of 1916 up to the murder of Rasputin; some events have been telescoped into this time though they actually happened earlier, during the war. Rasputin's effect on people around him is shown as almost hypnotic, and the film avoids taking a moral stance towards him—breaking not only with Soviet history but also with how he was regarded by people near the court at the time, some of whom regarded him as a debilitating figure who disgraced the monarchy and hampered the war effort.
Adventures of a Dentist, 1h22
Directed by Elem Klimov
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Andrey Myagkov, Alissa Freindlich, Olga Gobzeva, Igor Kvacha, Valentin Nikouline
Rating68% 3.4258153.4258153.4258153.4258153.425815
A dentist is derided (and eventually has his life ruined) by his colleagues for his natural talent of painlessly pulling out teeth.
Welcome, or No Trespassing, 1h14
Directed by Elem Klimov
Origin Russie
Genres Comedy
Actors Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev, Aleksei Smirnov, Tatyana Barysheva, Radner Mouratov
Rating78% 3.9453.9453.9453.9453.945
In a Soviet Young Pioneer camp, Dynin, the administrator is afraid that the children may succumb to harmful accidents and that he will be deemed responsible. He believes that accidents happen when formal rules are violated. Hence, he believes, everything must be done strictly according to formal instructions and regulations. One boy, Kostya Inochkin, (Viktor Kosykh) breaks one of the cardinal rules by swimming out alone to an island instead of swimming in the specially designated swimming area, supervised by staff. As a result, Inochkin is expelled from camp and is sent home. Inochkin is afraid that if his grandmother, with whom he lives, discovers that he has been expelled, she will die from sorrow, so instead of going home he returns to camp illegally. He hides but is discovered by some of the other children, who start helping him to stay, outsmarting the adults. Adults are added to the plot later and also oppose to Dynin's strict regime. Finally Dynin is removed from office and expelled to the town. The film's final scenes show the joy of freedom without Dynin's restrictions, kids and adults swim and even unrealistically jump over the river (although this is presumably a fantasy). The film also makes jokes about a quip popular in Nikita Khrushchev's time - "corn - queen of fields".

Scriptwriter

Come and See, 2h20
Directed by Elem Klimov
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Horror, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Aleksei Kravchenko
Roles Writer
Rating83% 4.1990754.1990754.1990754.1990754.199075
In 1943 two Belarusian boys are digging in a sand field looking for abandoned rifles in order to join the Soviet partisan forces. Yustin, an old man, warns them not to dig (using sarcasm and reverse psychology). One of the boys, Flyora (Aleksei Kravchenko), finds an SVT-40 rifle. The next day partisans arrive at his house and take Flyora with them, to the dismay of Flyora's mother. She fears that the loss of her son, like his father before him, will lessen her and her daughters' chances of survival.

Producer

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin, 2h23
Directed by Elem Klimov
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Alissa Freindlich, Anatoli Romashin, Velta Līne, Mikhail Svetin, Lev Lemke, Alexeï Petrenko
Roles Producer
Rating69% 3.4922853.4922853.4922853.4922853.492285
The storyline of the film follows the final months of 1916 up to the murder of Rasputin; some events have been telescoped into this time though they actually happened earlier, during the war. Rasputin's effect on people around him is shown as almost hypnotic, and the film avoids taking a moral stance towards him—breaking not only with Soviet history but also with how he was regarded by people near the court at the time, some of whom regarded him as a debilitating figure who disgraced the monarchy and hampered the war effort.