Aleksandr Medvedkin

Directing

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.

Personal Info

• Known For Directing
• Gender Male
• Birthday March 8, 1900 (88 years old)
• Died February 19, 1989
• Place of Birth Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]