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Aleksandr Medvedkin
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.
Also Known As
Александр МедведкинAlexandre Ivanovitch Medvedkine Aleksandr Ivanovitch Medvedkin
Movie Appearances
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
as Self
1984
Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder
as Self
1979
7.6
The Last Bolshevik
as Self (archive footage)
1994
10.0
Stop Thief!
as Blundering Tractor Driver
1930
6.3
The Train Rolls On
as Himself
1971
5.8
The Silence of Pelešjan
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Caution! Maoism!
as Narrator
1976