Aleksandr Medvedkin
Acting / Production / Writing / Creator
Biography
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.
Personal Information
Place of Birth
Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]
About
Directing, Male
Birthday
08 March 1900, 125 years old
Known For
Filmography
Production
Writing
Creator