The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (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.
- Released
- 1938-09-27
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Mark Donskoy
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 from 29 votes
Cast
- Aleksei Lyarsky as Aleksei Peshkov
- Varvara Massalitinova as Akulina Ivanva Kashirin
- Mikhail Troyanovsky as Vasili Vasilyevich Kashirin
- Yelizaveta Alekseyeva as Varvara Kashirina Peshkova
- Aleksandr Zhukov as Mikhail Kashirin, an uncle
- K. Zubkov as Old Grigori
- Daniil Sagal as Vanya, aka 'Gypsy'
- Sergey Tikhonravov as The Lodger
- Vyacheslav Novikov as Yakov Kashirin
- Igor Smirnov as Alexei, aka 'Lenka' or 'Lex', a crippled boy
- E. Mamaev as Sacha Kashirin, nephew
- V. Korochentchikov as Mikhail's son, also named Sacha