Aleksandr Ivanovich Medvedkin (russian: Александр Иванович Медведкин; 24 February 1900 – 20 February 1989) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

, best known for his 1935 film ''

Happiness Happiness, in the context of mental or emotional states, is positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. Other forms include life satisfaction, well-being, subjective well-being, flourishing and eudaimonia. ...

''. His life and art are the subject of

Chris Marker Chris Marker (; 29 July 1921 – 29 July 2012) was a French writer, photographer, documentary film director, multimedia artist and film essayist. His best known films are '' La Jetée'' (1962), ''A Grin Without a Cat'' (1977) and '' Sans Sole ...

's documentary films, ''The Train Rolls On'' (1971) and ''

The Last Bolshevik ''The Last Bolshevik'' (french: Le Tombeau d'Alexandre) is a 1992 French documentary film about director Aleksandr Medvedkin, directed by Chris Marker. Cast * Léonor Graser as Dinosaur girl * Nikolai Izvolov as Guest * Kira Paramonova as Gue ...

'' (1992). He travelled around Russia in his Kinopoezd, a

Cinetrain Cinetrain or cine-train was a documentary film project conducted across the Soviet Union in the late 1920s by director Aleksandr Medvedkin. All 60 films created in Cinetrain were considered lost until 1980, when some of them were discovered in ...

, in which he carried film equipment and shot movies in

Kolkhozy A kolkhoz ( rus, колхо́з, a=ru-kolkhoz.ogg, p=kɐlˈxos) was a form of collective farm in the Soviet Union. Kolkhozes existed along with state farms or sovkhoz., a contraction of советское хозяйство, soviet ownership o ...

, which he would then screen there.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1935) * ''

The Miracle Worker ''The Miracle Worker'' refers to a broadcast, a play and various other adaptations of Helen Keller's 1903 autobiography ''The Story of My Life''. The first of these works was a 1957 ''Playhouse 90'' broadcast written by William Gibson and sta ...

'' (1936) * ''

The New Moscow The New Moscow (russian: Новая Москва, Novaya Moskva) is a 1938 Soviet Science fiction film, sci-fi comedy film directed by Aleksandr Medvedkin and Aleksandr Olenin. It was banned from showing by Joseph Stalin. Plot The film tells ab ...

'' (1938) * ''Blossoming Youth'' (1939) * ''

The Liberated Earth ''The Liberated Earth'' (russian: Освобождённая земля, Osvobozhdyonnaya zemlya) is a 1946 Soviet war drama film directed by Aleksandr Medvedkin and starring Vera Altayskaya, Aleksandr Khvylya and Emma Tsesarskaya. The film was ma ...

'' (1946)

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The Last Bolshevik by Chris Marker
by Chris Marker 1900 births 1989 deaths Soviet film directors Academic staff of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography People's Artists of the USSR Soviet screenwriters Recipients of the Order of Lenin {{USSR-film-director-stub Soviet documentary film directors Recipients of the USSR State Prize