The Last Bolshevik
7.8
A documentary on Soviet filmmaker Aleksandr Medvedkin, examining his tumultuous career, the rediscovery of his masterpiece Happiness, and Russia's struggles over the course of the 20th Century.
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Cast
22 people
Aleksandr Medvedkin
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Stop Thief!
Nikolai Izvolov
Self - Russian film historian
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Anna Karamazoff
Michael Kustow
Léonor Graser
Dinosaur girl
Also in
À tout de suite
La Puce
Yuli Raizman
Self
Known for
Chess Fever
Kira Paramonova
Guest
Antonina Pirojkova
Self
Viktor Dyomin
Guest
Also in
Russian Account
Yuri Kolyada
Self
Marina Kalasieva
Guest
Costa-Gavras
self
Known for
The Stupids
Joseph Stalin
self (archive footage)
Also in
War of the Century
I Was Stalin's Bodyguard
Chris Marker Director
First release March 25, 1993 · Produced in Finland, France · Languages English, French, German, Russian
Production
Les Films de l'Astrophore
Production
CNC
Production
Finland · France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Le Tombeau d'Alexandre
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Russian
Release dates
Finland · March 25, 1993
TV
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
April 13, 2005 · Premiere · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Finland
January 24, 2009 · Premiere · DocPoint Film Festival
Japan
October 1, 2013 · Premiere · Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
Netherlands
December 7, 1995 · Premiere · IDFA Festival
Sweden
October 21, 1994 · Theatrical
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