Aleksandr Medvedkin

Aleksandr Medvedkin

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

08/03/1900

Day of Death

19/02/1989
(89) 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 whic... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2011

The Silence of Pelešjan

as Self (archive footage)

1993

The Last Bolshevik

as Self (archive footage)

1976

Caution! Maoism!

as Narrator

1973

The Train Rolls On

as Himself

1930

Stop Thief!

as Blundering Tractor Driver

Crew

1976

Caution! Maoism!

as Director

1976

Caution! Maoism!

as Writer

1971

Night over China

as Writer

1971

Night over China

as Director

1962

Law of Baseness

as Director

1962

Law of Baseness

as Writer

1956

An Unquiet Spring

as Director

1956

An Unquiet Spring

as Writer

1954

First Spring

as Director

1949

Ambulance

as Screenplay

1946

Liberated Earth

as Director

1939

Blossoming Youth

as Director

1938

The New Moscow

as Director

1938

The New Moscow

as Screenplay

1936

The Miracle Worker

as Director

1936

The Miracle Worker

as Writer

1934

Happiness

as Director

1934

Happiness

as Writer

1932

Gazeta #4

as Producer

1932

Conveyor

as Producer

1932

Kinopoezd - Cinetrain

as Director

1930

Stop Thief!

as Director

1929

Watch Your Health

as Director