Aleksandr Medvedkin
DirectingBorn 1900-03-08 · Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]Died 1989-02-19
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.
The Silence of Pelešjan
Sep 05, 2011Rated 5.8 out of 10
The Last Bolshevik
Oct 21, 1994Rated 7.6 out of 10
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
Jan 01, 1984
Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder
Jan 01, 1979
Caution! Maoism!
Jan 01, 1976
The Train Rolls On
Nov 01, 1971Rated 6.6 out of 10Stop Thief!
Dec 31, 1930Rated 10 out of 10