Aleksandr Medvedkin
Age: N/A | From: Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Александр Медведкин , Alexandre Ivanovitch Medvedkine , Aleksandr Ivanovitch Medvedkin
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 33
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Happiness
(1934) Writer
We Await Your Victorious Return
(1941) Director
The Letter to a Chinese Friend
(1969) Writer
The Miracle Worker
(1936) Writer
Beijing - Anxiety of Mankind
(1977) Director
The New Moscow
(1938) Director
Watch Your Health
(1929) Director
The Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large Spoon
(1933) DirectorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1984 | Self | |
| 1979 | Self | |
| 1973 | Himself | |
| 1930 | Blundering Tractor Driver | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Director | |
| 1979 | Director | |
| 1977 | Director | |
| 1976 | Director | |
| 1971 | Director | |
| 1969 | Director | |
| 1956 | Director | |
| 1954 | Director | |
| 1946 | Director | |
| 1941 | Director | |
| 1939 | Director | |
| 1938 | Director | |
| 1936 | Director | |
| 1934 | Director | |
| 1933 | Director | |
| 1932 | Director | |
| 1930 | Director | |
| 1929 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Writer | |
| 1979 | Writer | |
| 1971 | Writer | |
| 1969 | Writer | |
| 1956 | Writer | |
| 1949 | Screenplay | |
| 1936 | Writer | |
| 1934 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Script | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |