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Aleksandr Medvedkin

Personal Information

Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Born / DiedMar 8, 1900 (Died at 89)
Zodiac Sign♓Pisces
Place of BirthPenza, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Career Span1931 – 1989
Known Credits18 Titles
Official Links
DirectingPopularity Score 0.6

Aleksandr Medvedkin

Also known as:Alexandre Ivanovitch Medvedkine Aleksandr Ivanovitch MedvedkinA. MedvedkinА. Медведкин+1 more
Total Works

18

18 movies • 0 shows

Avg Rating

6.4 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 18 titles featuring Aleksandr Medvedkin

Happiness
5.7
Happiness
1935•movie

Role: Director

The New Moscow
5.8
The New Moscow
1938•movie

Role: Director

The Last Bolshevik
7.6
The Last Bolshevik
1994•movie

as Self (archive footage)

The Silence of Pelešjan
5.8

as Self (archive footage)

The Train Rolls On
6.6
The Train Rolls On
1971•movie

as Himself

The Miracle Worker
6.8
The Miracle Worker
1936•movie

Role: Director

We Await Your Victorious Return
6.8

Role: Director

Liberated Earth
8.5
Liberated Earth
1946•movie

Role: Director

Ambulance
7.0
Ambulance
1949•movie

Role: Screenplay

6.5

Role: Director

An Unquiet Spring
10.0
An Unquiet Spring
1956•movie

Role: Director

Caution! Maoism!
Caution! Maoism!
1976•movie

as Narrator

Night over China
Night over China
1971•movie

Role: Writer

Kinopoezd - Cinetrain

Role: Director

Conveyor
Conveyor
1932•movie

Role: Producer

Duren, You're a Fool!

Role: Director

Fruits and Vegetables

Role: Director