Aleksandr Medvedkin
Appearance
Aleksandr Medvedkin | |
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Born | Aleksandr Ivanovitch Medvedkin 24 February 1900 |
Died | 20 February 1989 | (aged 88)
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
- Happiness (1934)
- The Liberated Earth (1946)
External links
- Aleksandr Medvedkin at IMDb
- The Last Bolshevik by Chris Marker by Chris Marker