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Aleksandr Medvedkin

Aleksandr Ivanovich Medvedkin (Russian: Александр Иванович Медведкин; 24 February 1900 – 20 February 1989) 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.


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Born:
Mar 8, 1900 In Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Movie/TV Credits:
5
First Appeared:
In the movie Stop Thief! 1930-12-31
Latest Project:
Movie The Last Bolshevik 1993-03-25
Known For
Poster of The Last Bolshevik
Poster of Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
Poster of Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder
Poster of Stop Thief!
Filmography
Movie The Last Bolshevik Self (archive footage) 1993-03-25
Movie Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man Self 1984-01-01
Movie Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder Self 1979-01-01
Movie The Train Rolls On Himself 1973-01-01
Movie Stop Thief! Blundering Tractor Driver 1930-12-31