Aleksandr Medvedkin
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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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Silence of Pelešjan | Self (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 1994 | The Last Bolshevik | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1984 | Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man | Self | FLOP | |
| 1979 | Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder | Self | FLOP | |
| 1976 | Caution! Maoism! | Narrator | FLOP | |
| 1971 | The Train Rolls On | Himself | FLOP | |
| 1930 | Stop Thief! | Blundering Tractor Driver | FLOP |