The Childhood of Maxim Gorky
1938Young 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.
Acted in
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