Aleksandr Medvedkin
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Born:
Mar 08, 1900

Died:
Feb 19, 1989

Age: 88 Deceased

From:
Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Department:
Directing

Total Credits: 44

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Aleksandr Medvedkin

Also known as: Alexandre Ivanovitch Medvedkine , Aleksandr Ivanovitch Medvedkin, A. Medvedkin, А. Медведкин

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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