Film
The Childhood of Maxim Gorky
SU- Director
- Mark Donskoy
- Year
- 1938
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.
Top 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)
Directed by
Mark Donskoy
Written by
Ilya Gruzdev, Mark Donskoy