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The Childhood of Maxim Gorky

The Childhood of Maxim Gorky

IMDB:

5.8
The Childhood of Maxim Gorky

Released

9/27/1938

Duration

1h 40m

Genre

Drama

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Aleksei Lyarsky, Varvara Massalitinova, Mikhail Troyanovsky

Overview

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

Aleksei Lyarsky

Varvara Massalitinova

Akulina Ivanva Kashirin

Varvara Massalitinova

Mikhail Troyanovsky

Vasili Vasilyevich Kashirin

Mikhail Troyanovsky

Yelizaveta Alekseyeva

Varvara Kashirina Peshkova

Yelizaveta Alekseyeva

Aleksandr Zhukov

Mikhail Kashirin, an uncle

Aleksandr Zhukov

K. Zubkov

Old Grigori

K. Zubkov

Daniil Sagal

Vanya, aka 'Gypsy'

Daniil Sagal

Sergey Tikhonravov

The Lodger

Sergey Tikhonravov

Vyacheslav Novikov

Yakov Kashirin

Vyacheslav Novikov

Igor Smirnov

Alexei, aka 'Lenka' or 'Lex', a crippled boy

Igor Smirnov

E. Mamaev

Sacha Kashirin, nephew

E. Mamaev

V. Korochentchikov

Mikhail's son, also named Sacha

V. Korochentchikov