Aleksandr Medvedkin
Directing
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.
Filmography 25
Movies (25)
The Silence of Pelešjan2011Self (archive footage)
The Last Bolshevik1994Self (archive footage)
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man1984Self- Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder1979Self
- Beijing - Anxiety of Mankind1977Directing
Caution! Maoism!1976Narrator
The Train Rolls On1971Himself
Night over China1971Directing- The Letter to a Chinese Friend1969Directing
- Law of Baseness1962Directing
An Unquiet Spring1956Directing- First Spring1954Directing
- Slava trudu1951Directing
Liberated Earth1946Directing
We Await Your Victorious Return1941Directing- Blossoming Youth1939Directing
The New Moscow1938Directing
The Miracle Worker1936Directing
Happiness1935Directing- The Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large Spoon1933Directing
Kinopoezd - Cinetrain1932Directing
Duren, You're a Fool!1931Directing
Fruits and Vegetables1931Directing- Stop Thief!1930Blundering Tractor Driver
- Watch Your Health1929Directing