Aleksei German, Dissident Soviet Film Director, Dies at Age 74
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Aleksei German, a famed Soviet film director whose movies including “Road Checks” were suppressed in Russia for years, has died. He was 74.
His son, Aleksei German, Jr., said his father died today in St. Petersburg’s Military Medical Academy. A burial service will be held in the coming days, he said.