
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Born
March 8, 1900
Died
February 19, 1989 (age 88)
Place of Birth
Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Also Known As
Александр Медведкин
Alexandre Ivanovitch Medvedkine
Aleksandr Ivanovitch Medvedkin
Aleksandr Medvedkin
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.
Known For
Film
Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder
Self
1979

Film
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
Self
1984

Film
The Last Bolshevik
Self (archive footage)
1994

Film
The Train Rolls On
Himself
1971

Film
Caution! Maoism!
Narrator
1976

Film
The Silence of Pelešjan
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
Stop Thief!
Blundering Tractor Driver
1930
Filmography
2011FilmThe Silence of Pelešjanas Self (archive footage)1994FilmThe Last Bolshevikas Self (archive footage)1984FilmAnxiety. Thoughts of an Old Manas Self1979FilmMadness. Reflections on the Cost of Murderas Self1976FilmCaution! Maoism!as Narrator1971FilmThe Train Rolls Onas Himself1930FilmStop Thief!as Blundering Tractor Driver