Aleksandr Medvedkin
Directing·March 8, 1900·† February 19, 1989 — 88 years old·Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]
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.
Known For
Filmography · 29
2011The Silence of PelešjanSelf (archive footage)1994The Last BolshevikSelf (archive footage)1984Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old ManSelf · Director · Writer1979Madness. Reflections on the Cost of MurderSelf · Writer · Director1977Beijing - Anxiety of MankindDirector1976Caution! Maoism!Narrator · Director · Writer1971The Train Rolls OnHimself1971Night over ChinaWriter · Director1969The Letter to a Chinese FriendDirector · Writer1962Law of BasenessDirector · Writer1956An Unquiet SpringDirector · Writer1954First SpringDirector1951Slava truduDirector1949AmbulanceScreenplay1946Liberated EarthDirector1941We Await Your Victorious ReturnDirector · Writer1939Blossoming YouthDirector1938The New MoscowDirector · Screenplay1936The Miracle WorkerDirector · Writer1935HappinessDirector · Writer1933The Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large SpoonDirector1932Gazeta #4Producer1932How's Life, Comrade Miner?Producer1932ConveyorProducer1932Kinopoezd - CinetrainDirector1931Duren, You're a Fool!Director · Writer1931Fruits and VegetablesDirector1930Stop Thief!Blundering Tractor Driver · Director1929Watch Your HealthDirector