Aleksandr Medvedkin
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
Mar 8, 1900 (126 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2011 | The Silence of PelešjanSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1994 | The Last BolshevikSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1984 | Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old ManSelf | |
| 1979 | Madness. Reflections on the Cost of MurderSelf | |
| 1976 | Caution! Maoism!Narrator | |
| 1971 | The Train Rolls OnHimself | |
| 1930 | Stop Thief!Blundering Tractor Driver |
| 1932 | Gazeta #4Producer | |
| 1932 | How's Life, Comrade Miner?Producer | |
| 1932 | ConveyorProducer |
| 1984 | Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old ManDirector | |
| 1979 | Madness. Reflections on the Cost of MurderDirector | |
| 1977 | Beijing - Anxiety of MankindDirector | |
| 1976 | Caution! Maoism!Director | |
| 1971 | Night over ChinaDirector | |
| 1969 | The Letter to a Chinese FriendDirector | |
| 1962 | Law of BasenessDirector | |
| 1956 | An Unquiet SpringDirector | |
| 1954 | First SpringDirector | |
| 1946 | Liberated EarthDirector | |
| 1941 | We Await Your Victorious ReturnDirector | |
| 1939 | Blossoming YouthDirector | |
| 1938 | The New MoscowDirector | |
| 1936 | The Miracle WorkerDirector | |
| 1935 | HappinessDirector | |
| 1933 | The Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large SpoonDirector | |
| 1932 | Kinopoezd - CinetrainDirector | |
| 1930 | Stop Thief!Director | |
| 1929 | Watch Your HealthDirector |
| 1984 | Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old ManWriter | |
| 1979 | Madness. Reflections on the Cost of MurderWriter | |
| 1976 | Caution! Maoism!Writer | |
| 1971 | Night over ChinaWriter | |
| 1969 | The Letter to a Chinese FriendWriter | |
| 1962 | Law of BasenessWriter | |
| 1956 | An Unquiet SpringWriter | |
| 1949 | AmbulanceScreenplay | |
| 1941 | We Await Your Victorious ReturnWriter | |
| 1938 | The New MoscowScreenplay | |
| 1936 | The Miracle WorkerWriter | |
| 1935 | HappinessWriter |