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Aleksandr Medvedkin
Born
8 March 1900
Died
19 February 1989
Place
Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Directing

Aleksandr Medvedkin

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.

As director

Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man

Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man

1984 · Director

Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder

1979 · Director

Beijing - Anxiety of Mankind

1977 · Director
Caution! Maoism!

Caution! Maoism!

1976 · Director
Night over China

Night over China

1971 · Director

The Letter to a Chinese Friend

1969 · Director

Law of Baseness

1962 · Director
An Unquiet Spring

An Unquiet Spring

1956 · Director

First Spring

1954 · Director

Slava trudu

1951 · Director
Liberated Earth

Liberated Earth

1946 · Director
We Await Your Victorious Return

We Await Your Victorious Return

1941 · Director

Blossoming Youth

1939 · Director
The New Moscow

The New Moscow

1938 · Director
The Miracle Worker

The Miracle Worker

1936 · Director
Happiness

Happiness

1935 · Director

The Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large Spoon

1933 · Director
Kinopoezd - Cinetrain

Kinopoezd - Cinetrain

1932 · Director
Duren, You're a Fool!

Duren, You're a Fool!

1931 · Director
Fruits and Vegetables

Fruits and Vegetables

1931 · Director

Stop Thief!

1930 · Director

Watch Your Health

1929 · Director

As actor

The Silence of Pelešjan

The Silence of Pelešjan

2011 · Self (archive footage)
The Last Bolshevik

The Last Bolshevik

1994 · Self (archive footage)
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man

Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man

1984 · Self

Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder

1979 · Self
Caution! Maoism!

Caution! Maoism!

1976 · Narrator
The Train Rolls On

The Train Rolls On

1971 · Himself

Stop Thief!

1930 · Blundering Tractor Driver