Directing
Aleksandr Medvedkin
IT, FR, RU, EN cinema · 30 credits
Born
8 March 1900
Died
19 February 1989 (aged 88)
Birthplace
Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Also known as Alexandre Ivanovitch Medvedkine · Aleksandr Ivanovitch Medvedkin · A. Medvedkin · А. Медведкин · Александр Иванович Медведкин
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
The Silence of Pelešjan
as Self (archive footage)
The Last Bolshevik
as Self (archive footage)
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
as Self, Writer, Director
Безумие. Размышления о себестоимости убийства
1979
Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder
as Self, Director, Writer
Caution! Maoism!
as Narrator, Director, Writer
The Train Rolls On
as Himself
Night over China
Writer, Director
Закон подлости
1962
Law of Baseness
Director, Writer
An Unquiet Spring
Director, Writer
Ambulance
Screenplay
Liberated Earth
Director
We Await Your Victorious Return
Director, Writer
The New Moscow
Director, Screenplay
The Miracle Worker
Director, Writer
Happiness
Director, Writer
Conveyor
Producer
Duren, You're a Fool!
Director, Writer
Держи вора!
1930
Stop Thief!
as Blundering Tractor Driver, Director