Aleksandr Medvedkin
Born
8 March 1900 (126)
Place of Birth
Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Also known as
Alexandre Ivanovitch Medvedkine , Aleksandr Ivanovitch 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.
Filmography (22)
The Silence of Pelešjan
2011
The Last Bolshevik
1994
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
1984
Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder
1979
Beijing - Anxiety of Mankind
1977
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Caution! Maoism!
1976
The Train Rolls On
1971
Night over China
1971
🎬 DirectorThe Letter to a Chinese Friend
1969
Law of Baseness
1962
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An Unquiet Spring
1956
🎬 DirectorFirst Spring
1954
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Liberated Earth
1946
We Await Your Victorious Return
1941
Blossoming Youth
1939
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The New Moscow
1938
The Miracle Worker
1936
Happiness
1935
The Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large Spoon
1933
Kinopoezd - Cinetrain
1932
🎬 DirectorStop Thief!
1930
Watch Your Health
1929
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