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:
- 6
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Stop Thief! 1930-12-31
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Silence of Pelešjan 2011-09-05
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Silence of Pelešjan | Self (archive footage) | 2011-09-05 |
| 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 |