<div>This first introduction to Alexander Medvedkin's filmmaking career traces his process of developing a unique brand of cinematic satire throughout the period of the Soviet revolutionary experiment. Using original archival material and Medvedkin's writings for his unfinished autobiography, Widdis explores the films <i>The Miracle Worker</i>, <i>New Moscow</i> and the experimental "film train"--or <i>kinopoezd</i>--as well as the film <i>Happiness</i>. <br></div>