Aleksandr Medvedkin
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] |
Aleksandr Ivanovich Medvedkin(Russian:Александр Иванович Медведкин;24 February 1900 – 20 February 1989) was aSovietRussianfilm director,best known for his 1935 filmHappiness.[2]His life and art are the subject ofChris Marker's documentary films,The Train Rolls On(1971) andThe Last Bolshevik(1992).[3]
He travelled around the USSR in his Kinopoezd, aCinetrain,in which he carried film equipment and shot movies inKolkhozy,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.ISBN978-0-8108-6072-8.
- ^"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".КоммерсантъWeekend №15.
External links
[edit]- Aleksandr MedvedkinatIMDb
- The Last Bolshevik by Chris Markerby Chris Marker
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