Aleksandr Medvedkin
Directing•Born March 8, 1900•Died February 19, 1989 (age 88)•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.
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Filmography
Personal Info
DepartmentDirecting
BirthdayMarch 8, 1900
Day of DeathFebruary 19, 1989
Place of BirthPenza, Russian Empire [now Russia]
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