Directing
Aleksandr Medvedkin
Born March 8, 1900 Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]
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.
Directed Films
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Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
1984·Documentary
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Caution! Maoism!
1976·Documentary
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Night over China
1971·Documentary
10.0
An Unquiet Spring
1956·Drama
8.5
Liberated Earth
1946·Drama
6.8
We Await Your Victorious Return
1941·Music
5.8
The New Moscow
1938·Science Fiction
6.8
The Miracle Worker
1936·Drama
5.8
Happiness
1935·Comedy
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Kinopoezd - Cinetrain
1932
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Duren, You're a Fool!
1931·Comedy
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Fruits and Vegetables
1931·Drama
