The Childhood of Maxim Gorky

The Childhood of Maxim Gorky

98 mins | Drama | Sept. 27, 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.

The Childhood of Maxim Gorky

98 mins | Drama | Sept. 27, 1938

The Childhood of Maxim Gorky
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Soyuzdetfilm
Original title Детство Горького
Directors Mark Donskoy
Writers Ilya Gruzdev, Mark Donskoy, Maxim Gorky

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