Actor

Aleksandr Medvedkin

Directing

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Movies: 18Series: 0Crew credits: 15

TMDB ID: 999620

IMDb ID: nm0575963

Known for: Directing

Born: March 8, 1900

Died: February 19, 1989

Age: 88

Place of birth: Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1931 - 2011

Years active: 81

Average TMDB rating: 6.39

Wikidata: Q1394755

Also known as

Alexandre Ivanovitch Medvedkine • Aleksandr Ivanovitch Medvedkin • A. Medvedkin • А. Медведкин • Александр Иванович Медведкин

Other jobs

Director (11)Writer (2)Producer (1)Screenplay (1)

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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.

Movies

Movie credits linked with Aleksandr Medvedkin.