Aleksandr Medvedkin
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 8, 1900
- Died
- February 19, 1989 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]
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
Filmography
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
Movie · Director
Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder
Movie · Director
Beijing - Anxiety of Mankind
Movie · Director
Caution! Maoism!
Movie · Director
Night over China
Movie · Director
The Letter to a Chinese Friend
Movie · Director
Law of Baseness
Movie · Director
An Unquiet Spring
Movie · Director
First Spring
Movie · Director
Slava trudu
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Liberated Earth
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We Await Your Victorious Return
Movie · Director
Blossoming Youth
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The New Moscow
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The Miracle Worker
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Happiness
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The Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large Spoon
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Kinopoezd - Cinetrain
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Duren, You're a Fool!
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Fruits and Vegetables
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Stop Thief!
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Watch Your Health
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