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.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
March 8, 1900Deathday
February 19, 1989Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
27Place of birth
Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]Also known as
Александр Медведкин, Alexandre Ivanovitch Medvedkine , Aleksandr Ivanovitch Medvedkin
Cast credits
Crew credits
Happiness
Director, Writer
The New Moscow
Director, Screenplay
The Miracle Worker
Director, Writer
Liberated Earth
Director
We Await Your Victorious Return
Script, Director
An Unquiet Spring
Director, Writer
Kinopoezd - Cinetrain
Director
Ambulance
Screenplay
Caution! Maoism!
Director
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
Director, WriterImages
