Aleksandr Medvedkin

Aleksandr Medvedkin
Born	Aleksandr Ivanovitch Medvedkin 24 February 1900 Penza, Penza Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	20 February 1989(1989-02-20) (aged 88) Moscow, Soviet Union
Years active	1929–1956
Spouse	Vera Ivanovna Medvedkina
Awards	USSR State Prize (1974)^[1]

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.^[2] His life and art are the subject of Chris Marker's documentary films, The Train Rolls On (1971) and The Last Bolshevik (1992).^[3]

He travelled around the USSR in his Kinopoezd, a Cinetrain, in which he carried film equipment and shot movies in Kolkhozy, which he would then screen there.^[4]

Selected filmography

Happiness (1935)
The Miracle Worker (1936)
The New Moscow (1938)
Blossoming Youth (1939)
The Liberated Earth (1946)

References

^ Nikolai Izvolov (2010-03-12). "Медвед-кино". Синематика.
^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 439–442. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
^ "115 лет со дня рождения А. И. Медведкина". The State Archive of the Penza Oblast. 2013-03-02.
^ Mikhail Trofimenkov (2016-05-13). "Кинопоезд.Киноутопия о коммунистическом строительстве". Коммерсантъ Weekend №15.