Aleksandr Medvedkin
Directing · Screenplay · Director · Writer
Born Mar 8, 1900 · Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Active 1929–1989
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).
Filmography
Stop Thief! (1930) — Blundering Tractor Driver · DirectorAn Unquiet Spring (1956) — Director · WriterHappiness (1935) — Director · WriterLiberated Earth (1946) — DirectorThe New Moscow (1938) — Director · ScreenplayThe Story of Tit... or the Tale of the Large Spoon (1933) — DirectorThe Miracle Worker (1936) — Director · WriterWe Await Your Victorious Return (1941) — Director · WriterAmbulance (1949) — ScreenplayThe Letter to a Chinese Friend (1969) — Director · WriterCaution! Maoism! (1976) — Narrator · Director · WriterNight over China (1971) — Writer · DirectorBeijing - Anxiety of Mankind (1977) — DirectorWatch Your Health (1929) — DirectorLaw of Baseness (1962) — Director · WriterBlossoming Youth (1939) — DirectorGazeta #4 (1932) — ProducerHow's Life, Comrade Miner? (1932) — ProducerFirst Spring (1954) — DirectorKinopoezd - Cinetrain (1932) — DirectorAnxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man (1984) — Director · WriterMadness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder (1979) — Director · WriterConveyor (1932) — ProducerDuren, You're a Fool! (1931) — Director · Writer