Movie

The Childhood of Maxim Gorky

★ 5.8/10 · 28 votes 1938 1h 40m Released

Drama

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 Varvara Massalitinova Akulina Ivanva Kashirin Mikhail Troyanovsky Vasili Vasilyevich Kashiri Yelizaveta Alekseyeva Varvara Kashirina Peshkova A Aleksandr Zhukov Mikhail Kashirin, an uncle K K. Zubkov Old Grigori