DIRECTOR · FROM PENZA, RUSSIAN EMPIRE [NOW RUSSIA]
Aleksandr Medvedkin
1900–198929 credits since 1929
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ABOUT ALEKSANDR
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.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born8 March 1900
Died19 February 1989
BirthplacePenza, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Known forDirecting
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The 1980s
1 title
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The 1970s
5 titlesMadness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder
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Beijing - Anxiety of Mankind
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The Sorrows of Young Gerkulesov
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The 1960s
2 titlesThe Letter to a Chinese Friend
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Law of Baseness
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The 1950s
3 titles
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First Spring
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Slava trudu
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The 1940s
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The 1930s
12 titles · IMDb 6.8 on averageBlossoming Youth
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The Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large Spoon
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Gazeta #4
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How's Life, Comrade Miner?
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The 1920s
1 titleWatch Your Health
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