Image of Aleksandr Medvedkin

Aleksandr Medvedkin

1900-03-08 Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Image of Aleksandr Medvedkin

Biografia

Aleksandr Ivanovich Medvedkin (Russian: Александр Иванович Медведкин; 24 February 1900 – 20 February 1989) 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.

Películas

Il silenzio di Pelešjan Self (archive footage) 2011-09-05
Le Tombeau d'Alexandre Self (archive footage) 1993-03-25
Тревога. Раздумья старого человека Self 1984-01-01
Безумие. Размышления о себестоимости убийства Self 1979-01-01
Le Train en marche Himself 1973-01-01
Держи вора! Blundering Tractor Driver 1930-12-31