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Film / 1938
The Childhood of Maxim Gorky
Directed by
Mark Donskoy
Young Maxim grows up under the czarist regime with his grandparents as guardians. Continually demeaned by his martinet grandfather, Maxim is drawn to his warm-hearted grandmother, who instills in him the willingness to pursue his writing muse.
The story
Young Maxim grows up under the czarist regime with his grandparents as guardians. Continually demeaned by his martinet grandfather, Maxim is drawn to his warm-hearted grandmother, who instills in him the willingness to pursue his writing muse.
In the same saga
The Gorky Collection
In release order
Cast
Aleksei LyarskyAleksei Peshkov
Varvara MassalitinovaAkulina Ivanva Kashirin
Mikhail TroyanovskyVasili Vasilyevich Kashirin
Yelizaveta AlekseyevaVarvara Kashirina Peshkova
Aleksandr ZhukovMikhail Kashirin, an uncle
K. ZubkovOld Grigori
Daniil SagalVanya, aka 'Gypsy'
Sergey TikhonravovThe Lodger
Vyacheslav NovikovYakov Kashirin
Igor SmirnovAlexei, aka 'Lenka' or 'Lex', a crippled boy
E. MamaevSacha Kashirin, nephew
V. KorochentchikovMikhail's son, also named Sacha
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