Aleksandr Medvedkin
Directing
Born 1900-03-08 · Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia] · Died 1989-02-19
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.
Acting
The Silence of Pelešjan
Self (archive footage)
The Last Bolshevik
Self (archive footage)
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
Self
Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder
Self
Caution! Maoism!
Narrator
The Train Rolls On
Himself
Stop Thief!
Blundering Tractor Driver
Crew
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
Director
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
Writer
Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder
Director
Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder
Writer
Beijing - Anxiety of Mankind
Director
Caution! Maoism!
Director
Caution! Maoism!
Writer
Night over China
Writer
Night over China
Director
The Letter to a Chinese Friend
Director
The Letter to a Chinese Friend
Writer
Law of Baseness
Director
Law of Baseness
Writer
An Unquiet Spring
Director
An Unquiet Spring
Writer
First Spring
Director
Ambulance
Screenplay
Liberated Earth
Director
We Await Your Victorious Return
Director
We Await Your Victorious Return
Writer