Aleksandr Medvedkin

Directing·Mar 8, 1900·Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]

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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.

Film	Credit
The Silence of Pelešjan2011 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
The Last Bolshevik1994 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man1984 · Self, Writer, Director	Self, Writer, Director
MMadness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder1979 · Self, Director, Writer	Self, Director, Writer
BBeijing - Anxiety of Mankind1977 · Director	Director
Caution! Maoism!1976 · Narrator, Director, Writer	Narrator, Director, Writer
The Train Rolls On1971 · Himself	Himself
Night over China1971 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
TThe Letter to a Chinese Friend1969 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
LLaw of Baseness1962 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
An Unquiet Spring1956 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
FFirst Spring1954 · Director	Director
SSlava trudu1951 · Director	Director
Ambulance1949 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Liberated Earth1946 · Director	Director
We Await Your Victorious Return1941 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
BBlossoming Youth1939 · Director	Director
The New Moscow1938 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Miracle Worker1936 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Happiness1935 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
TThe Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large Spoon1933 · Director	Director
GGazeta #41932 · Producer	Producer
HHow's Life, Comrade Miner?1932 · Producer	Producer
Conveyor1932 · Producer	Producer
Kinopoezd - Cinetrain1932 · Director	Director
Duren, You're a Fool!1931 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Fruits and Vegetables1931 · Director	Director
SStop Thief!1930 · Blundering Tractor Driver, Director	Blundering Tractor Driver, Director
WWatch Your Health1929 · Director	Director