The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938)
1938 · 1h 40m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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.
Director: Mark Donskoy
Writers: Ilya Gruzdev, Mark Donskoy
Music by: Lev Shvarts
Cinematography: Pyotr Yermolov
Part of the The Gorky franchise.
Cast
Aleksei Lyarsky as Aleksei PeshkovVarvara Massalitinova as Akulina Ivanva KashirinMikhail Troyanovsky as Vasili Vasilyevich KashirinYelizaveta Alekseyeva as Varvara Kashirina PeshkovaAleksandr Zhukov as Mikhail Kashirin, an uncleK. Zubkov as Old GrigoriDaniil Sagal as Vanya, aka 'Gypsy'Sergey Tikhonravov as The LodgerVyacheslav Novikov as Yakov KashirinIgor Smirnov as Alexei, aka 'Lenka' or 'Lex', a crippled boyE. Mamaev as Sacha Kashirin, nephewV. Korochentchikov as Mikhail's son, also named SachaMore like this
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