Aleksandr Medvedkin

Personal Info

Known For Directing

Known Credits 24

Gender Male

Birthday March 8, 1900

Day of Death February 19, 1989 (88 years old)

Place of Birth Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Also Known As

  • Александр Медведкин
  • Alexandre Ivanovitch Medvedkine
  • Aleksandr Ivanovitch Medvedkin

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Biography

Aleksandr Ivanovich Medvedkin (Russian: Александр Иванович Медведкин; 24 February 1900 – 20 February 1989) 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.

Aleksandr Ivanovich Medvedkin (Russian: Александр Иванович Медведкин; 24 February 1900 – 20 February 1989) 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.

Directing

1984
1979
1977
1976
1971
1969
1962
1956
1954
1946
1941
1939
1938
1936
1934
1933
1932
1930
1929

Writing

1984
1979
1971
1969
1956
1949
1938
1936
1934

Acting

1993
1984
1979
1973
1930

Production

1932
1932

Crew

1941

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