Aleksandr Medvedkin
Known for
Directing
Born
March 8, 1900
Birthplace
Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Died
February 19, 1989 (aged 88)
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.
Best known work
Happiness
1935
The New Moscow
1938
The Last Bolshevik
1994
The Silence of Pelešjan
2011
The Train Rolls On
1971
The Miracle Worker
1936
The Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large Spoon
1933
We Await Your Victorious Return
1941
Liberated Earth
1946Stop Thief!
1930Filmography
2011
The Silence of Pelešjanas Self (archive footage)
1994
The Last Bolshevikas Self (archive footage)
1984
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Manas Self, Director, Writer
1979
Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murderas Self, Writer, Director
1977
Beijing - Anxiety of MankindDirector
1976
Caution! Maoism!as Narrator, Director, Writer
1972
1971
The Train Rolls Onas Himself
1971
Night over ChinaWriter, Director
1969
The Letter to a Chinese FriendDirector, Writer
1962
Law of BasenessDirector, Writer
1956
An Unquiet SpringDirector, Writer
1954
First SpringDirector
1951
Slava truduDirector
1949
AmbulanceScreenplay
1946
Liberated EarthDirector
1941
We Await Your Victorious ReturnDirector, Writer
1939
Blossoming YouthDirector
1938
The New MoscowDirector, Screenplay
1936
The Miracle WorkerDirector, Writer
1935
HappinessDirector, Writer
1933
1932
Gazeta #4Producer
1932
How's Life, Comrade Miner?Producer
1932
ConveyorProducer