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]
Aleksandr Medvedkin | |
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Born | Aleksandr Ivanovitch Medvedkin 24 February 1900 |
Died | 20 February 1989 | (aged 88)
Years active | 1929–1956 |
Spouse | Vera Ivanovna Medvedkina |
Awards | USSR State Prize (1974)[1] |
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 edit
- Happiness (1935)
- The Miracle Worker (1936)
- The New Moscow (1938)
- Blossoming Youth (1939)
- The Liberated Earth (1946)
References edit
- ^ 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.
External links edit
- Aleksandr Medvedkin at IMDb
- The Last Bolshevik by Chris Marker by Chris Marker
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