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.

Director

Mark Donskoy

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

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The Childhood of Maxim Gorky

1938 · 1h 40m · Released

Drama