Aleksandr Medvedkin

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).

Aleksandr Medvedkin
Born	Aleksandr Ivanovitch Medvedkin 24 February 1900 Penza, Penza Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	20 February 1989 (aged 88) Moscow, Soviet Union
Years active	1929–56

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.

Selected filmography

• Happiness (1935)
• The Miracle Worker (1936)
• The New Moscow (1938)
• Blossoming Youth (1939)
• The Liberated Earth (1946)

External links

• Aleksandr Medvedkin at IMDb
• The Last Bolshevik by Chris Marker by Chris Marker