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Aleksandr Medvedkin
Aleksandr Ivanovich Medvedkin (Russian: Александр Иванович Медведкин; 24 February 1900 – 20 February 1989) 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.
Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 1.533 |
Birthday | 1900-03-08 |
Place of Birth | Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia] |
Also Known As | Александр Медведкин, Alexandre Ivanovitch Medvedkine , Aleksandr Ivanovitch Medvedkin, |
![The Last Bolshevik](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2VHcgSUQh1P6f71KIauQtRCRdlz.jpg)
1993
![The Last Bolshevik](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2VHcgSUQh1P6f71KIauQtRCRdlz.jpg)
The Last Bolshevik
7.4/16
A documentary on Soviet filmmaker Aleksandr Medvedkin, examining his tumultuous career, the rediscovery of his masterpiece Happiness, and Russia's str...
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The Last Bolshevik
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1930
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Stop Thief!
0/0
Lazy or incompetent peasants try to malinger and wriggle their way out of duties at the Kolkhoz.
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Stop Thief!
![The Train Rolls On](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1fKBzuPOcM8lAuV6dcwEjVMkWUY.jpg)
1973
![The Train Rolls On](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1fKBzuPOcM8lAuV6dcwEjVMkWUY.jpg)
The Train Rolls On
6.3/7
This half-hour documentary focuses on Medvedkin and his CineTrain of the 1930s, a sort of mobile film workshop, complete with post-production faciliti...
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The Train Rolls On
![Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kJxNN2TYWh2PH7Kl4dRc6pYCg0P.jpg)
1984
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Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
0/0
The director's reflections on the modern politics of the Reagan administration.
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Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
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1979
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Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder
0/0
About the difficult political situation in the world related to the arms race.
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