
Aleksandr Medvedkin
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1900-03-08
Day of Death
1989-02-19 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Aleksandr 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.
Known For
Acting
(2011)
The Silence of Pelešjan
as Self (archive footage)
(1993)
The Last Bolshevik
as Self (archive footage)
(1984)
(1979)
(1976)
Caution! Maoism!
as Narrator
(1973)
The Train Rolls On
as Himself
(1930)
Stop Thief!
as Blundering Tractor Driver
Crew
(1984)
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
Director, Writer
(1979)
Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder
Director, Writer
(1977)
Beijing - Anxiety of Mankind
Director
(1976)
Caution! Maoism!
Director, Writer
(1971)
Night over China
Writer, Director
(1969)
The Letter to a Chinese Friend
Director, Writer
(1962)
Law of Baseness
Director, Writer
(1956)
An Unquiet Spring
Director, Writer
(1954)
First Spring
Director
(1949)
Ambulance
Screenplay
(1946)
Liberated Earth
Director
(1941)
We Await Your Victorious Return
Director, Writer
(1939)
Blossoming Youth
Director
(1938)
The New Moscow
Director, Screenplay
(1936)
The Miracle Worker
Director, Writer
(1934)
Happiness
Director, Writer
(1933)
(1932)
Gazeta #4
Producer
(1932)
How's Life, Comrade Miner?
Producer
(1932)
Kinopoezd - Cinetrain
Director
(1932)
Conveyor
Producer
(1930)
Stop Thief!
Director
(1929)
Watch Your Health
Director