Aleksandr Medvedkin

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]

Born

Aleksandr Ivanovitch Medvedkin

24 February 1900

Penza, Penza Governorate, Russian Empire

Died20 February 1989(1989-02-20) (aged 88)

Moscow, Soviet Union

Yearsactive1929–1956

SpouseVera Ivanovna Medvedkina

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Aleksandr Medvedkin
Александр Медведкин
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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]

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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]