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Aleksandr Medvedkin

Aleksandr Medvedkin

ActorDirectorWriterProducer Mar 8 (died age 88) Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia] 1929–2011 (82 year career)
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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

The Last Bolshevik
Film

The Last Bolshevik

Self (archive footage)
Happiness
Film

Happiness

Director
The New Moscow
Film

The New Moscow

Director
The Silence of Pelešjan
Film

The Silence of Pelešjan

Self (archive footage)
The Train Rolls On
Film

The Train Rolls On

Himself
The Miracle Worker
Film

The Miracle Worker

Director
We Await Your Victorious Return
Film

We Await Your Victorious Return

Director
Ambulance
Film

Ambulance

Screenplay

Filmography