FILM DIRECTOR

Elem Klimov

1933 - 2003

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Elem Germanovich Klimov (Russian: Элем Германович Климов; 9 July 1933 – 26 October 2003) was a Soviet and Russian filmmaker. He studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, and was married to film director Larisa Shepitko. Klimov is best known for his final film, 1985's Come and See (Иди и смотри), which follows a teenage boy in German-occupied Byelorussia during the Great Patriotic War and is often considered one of the greatest films ever made. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elem Klimov has received more than 497,427 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Elem Klimov is the 276th most popular film director (up from 327th in 2019), the 516th most popular biography from Russia (up from 600th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Russian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Elem Klimov has had the most page views in the with 127,421 views, followed by English (98,190), and French (7,576). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (119.20%), Cornish (100.61%), and Esperanto (62.17%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Elem Klimov ranks 276 out of 2,041. Before him are Jean Epstein, Martin Campbell, Leonid Gaidai, Youssef Chahine, Franklin J. Schaffner, and Denis Villeneuve. After him are Robert J. Flaherty, Jerzy Stuhr, Zack Snyder, John Schlesinger, Adrian Lyne, and Ub Iwerks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Elem Klimov ranks 101. Before him are Hisataka Okamoto, Sacha Distel, Renato Salvatori, Tomas Milian, Lea Massari, and Manu Dibango. After him are Elizabeth Montgomery, Narriman Sadek, Joan Rivers, Juanita Castro, Tom Courtney, and Jerzy Kosiński. Among people deceased in 2003, Elem Klimov ranks 65. Before him are Georg Henrik von Wright, Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza, Uday Hussein, Bob Hope, László Papp, and June Carter Cash. After him are John Schlesinger, Ilan Ramon, Vasil Bykaŭ, Miloš Milutinović, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, and Michael Jeter.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Elem Klimov ranks 516 out of 3,761. Before him are Leonid Gaidai (1923), Sergey Brin (1973), Vera Menchik (1906), Lauri Törni (1919), Mikhail Skobelev (1843), and Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev (1892). After him are Nikolay Shvernik (1888), Nikolai Chernykh (1931), Vladimir Arsenyev (1872), Helena of Moscow (1476), Rodion Shchedrin (1932), and Mathilde Kschessinska (1872).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Elem Klimov ranks 10. Before him are Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874), Andrei Konchalovsky (1937), Genndy Tartakovsky (1970), Lev Kuleshov (1899), Vsevolod Pudovkin (1893), and Leonid Gaidai (1923). After him are Eldar Ryazanov (1927), Ladislas Starevich (1882), Alexander Sokurov (1951), Yuri Norstein (1941), Grigori Aleksandrov (1903), and Gleb Panfilov (1934).

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Filmography

Come and See
Director
The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.
Jul 9o 19858.294 / 10
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
Director
Russian monk Grigori Rasputin rises to power, which corrupts him along the way. His sexual perversions and madness ultimatly leads to his gruesome assasination.
Sep 1o 19816.871 / 10
Welcome, or No Trespassing
Director
A satirical comedy about the excessive restrictions that children face during their vacation in a Young Pioneer camp.
Oct 9o 19647.747 / 10