Son of Yuri German.
Was fired from Lenfilm studio after every film hed made during the Soviet Regime days. He was never formally hired back, yet kept working at the studio nonetheless.
Has co-written every film with his wife of many years.
Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1990.
After Sergio Leone died unexpectedly, he was officially approached to take over Leones epic about the siege of Leningrad (also known as The Leningrad Blockade) in World War II. The director refused, saying: "I will never be able to shoot that in color. That just wont do".
He had a son, Aleksey German with his wife, Svetlana.
After three years of shooting has almost completed his fifth film Hard to Be a God.
Son of Aleksey German and Svetlana Karmalita.
