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Aleksandr Medvedkin

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).

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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.

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Known for

The Last Bolshevik posterThe Last Bolshevik1994 · Self (archive footage)3.8The New Moscow posterThe New Moscow1938 · Director, Screenplay2.9Happiness posterHappiness1935 · Director, Writer2.9Liberated Earth posterLiberated Earth1946 · Director4.3An Unquiet Spring posterAn Unquiet Spring1956 · Director, Writer5.0The Train Rolls On posterThe Train Rolls On1971 · Himself3.3The Silence of Pelešjan posterThe Silence of Pelešjan2011 · Self (archive footage)2.9The Miracle Worker posterThe Miracle Worker1936 · Director, Writer3.4
Cast

Cast credits

The Last Bolshevik posterThe Last Bolshevik1994 · Self (archive footage)3.8The Train Rolls On posterThe Train Rolls On1971 · Himself3.3The Silence of Pelešjan posterThe Silence of Pelešjan2011 · Self (archive footage)2.9SStop Thief!1930 · Blundering Tractor Driver5.0Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man posterAnxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man1984 · SelfCaution! Maoism! posterCaution! Maoism!1976 · NarratorMMadness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder1979 · Self
Crew

Crew credits

The New Moscow posterThe New Moscow1938 · Director, Screenplay2.9Happiness posterHappiness1935 · Director, Writer2.9Liberated Earth posterLiberated Earth1946 · Director4.3An Unquiet Spring posterAn Unquiet Spring1956 · Director, Writer5.0The Miracle Worker posterThe Miracle Worker1936 · Director, Writer3.4We Await Your Victorious Return posterWe Await Your Victorious Return1941 · Director, Writer3.4SStop Thief!1930 · Director5.0Ambulance posterAmbulance1949 · Screenplay3.5TThe Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large Spoon1933 · Director3.5TThe Letter to a Chinese Friend1969 · Director, Writer3.3Duren, You're a Fool! posterDuren, You're a Fool!1931 · Director, WriterAnxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man posterAnxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man1984 · Director, WriterCaution! Maoism! posterCaution! Maoism!1976 · Director, WriterNight over China posterNight over China1971 · Writer, DirectorKinopoezd - Cinetrain posterKinopoezd - Cinetrain1932 · DirectorConveyor posterConveyor1932 · ProducerFruits and Vegetables posterFruits and Vegetables1931 · DirectorBBlossoming Youth1939 · Director