1900-03-08 ( 125 years old ) in Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]
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.
Movies
The Silence of Pelešjan
2011-09-05
The Last Bolshevik
1993-03-25
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
1984-01-01
Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder
1979-01-01
Caution! Maoism!
1976-01-01
The Train Rolls On
1973-01-01
Stop Thief!
1930-12-31
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