Aleksandr Medvedkin

Aleksandr Medvedkin
Born	Aleksandr Ivanovitch Medvedkin 24 February 1900 Penza, Penza Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	20 February 1989(1989-02-20) (aged 88) Moscow, Soviet Union
Years active	1929–56

Aleksandr Ivanovich Medvedkin (Russian: Александр Иванович Медведкин; 24 February 1900 – 20 February 1989), was a Soviet Russian film director, best known for his 1934 film Happiness. His life and art are the subject of Chris Marker's film 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.

Selected filmography

• The Liberated Earth (1946)

External links

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