This book tells about a dynasty of writers and film directors. Yuri Pavlovich German is a popular playwright and novelist in the 30-60s of the last century. Alexey Yurievich and Alexey Alekseevich German wrote scripts and directed films that attracted the attention of film critics, spectators, and jury members of film festivals. The task that the author set for himself was to try to find the origins of creativity, understand the psychology of the creator and explain, at least for himself , why Yuri German, his son and grandson took such different paths to success. If we assume that everything is determined only by time, by era, we are unlikely to understand anything. Both under Soviet rule and in post-perestroika Russia, writers and film directors created their works, perceiving the events of life around them differently and embodying plans in accordance with their own worldview and idea of what the reader and moviegoer needed. So it’s impossible to do without an analysis of the biography and pedigree, as well as a story about those people who surrounded the heroes of this book throughout their life’s journey.