Aleksandr Medvedkin

Biography

Aleksandr Ivanovich Medvedkin was a Soviet Russian film director, best known for his 1935 film Happiness. His life and art are the subject of Chris Marker's documentary films, The Train Rolls On (1971) and The Last Bolshevik (1992). He travelled around Russia in his Kinopoezd, a film-train, in which he carried film equipment and shot movies in Kolkhozy, which he would then screen there.

Personal information

Birth Place

Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Birthday

1900-03-08

Filmography :
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The Last Bolshevik
The Train Rolls On
The Silence of Pelešjan
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
Caution! Maoism!