27 September 1938 Drama 100 mins
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.
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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
Vyacheslav Novikov as Yakov Kashirin
Vladimir Maslatsov as Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited)
Nikolay Pogodin as Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited)
Mark Donskoy Director
Pyotr Yermolov Director of Photography
Lev Shvarts Original Music Composer
Ivan Stepanov Production Design
Ilya Gruzdev Writer
Maxim Gorky Book
Ivan Malov Camera Operator
Rafail Perelstein Assistant Director
David Blok Sound
Nikolai Ozornov Sound Director
Mark Donskoy Writer
Detstvo Gorkogo Trailer
Dětství Maxima Gorkého Trailer
United States 27 September 1938
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