The Childhood of Maxim Gorky

1h 40m
Drama
5.8

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.

Cast

Aleksei Lyarsky
Aleksei Peshkov
Varvara Massalitinova
Akulina Ivanva Kashirin
Mikhail Troyanovsky
Vasili Vasilyevich Kashirin
Yelizaveta Alekseyeva
Varvara Kashirina Peshkova
Aleksandr Zhukov
Mikhail Kashirin, an uncle
K. Zubkov
Old Grigori
Daniil Sagal
Vanya, aka 'Gypsy'
Sergey Tikhonravov
The Lodger
Vyacheslav Novikov
Yakov Kashirin
Igor Smirnov
Alexei, aka 'Lenka' or 'Lex', a crippled boy
E. Mamaev
Sacha Kashirin, nephew
V. Korochentchikov
Mikhail's son, also named Sacha
Valentin Korneyev
Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited)
A. Lebedev
Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited)
Vladimir Maslatsov
Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited)
Nikolay Pogodin
Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited)
B. Radkevich
Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited)

Crew

Mark Donskoy
Director, Writer
Ilya Gruzdev
Writer
Maxim Gorky
Book
Pyotr Yermolov
Director of Photography
Ivan Stepanov
Production Design
Lev Shvarts
Original Music Composer

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