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The Childhood of Maxim Gorky ()

Detstvo Gorkogo (original title)
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A drama reveals the great writer's inauspicious early years as an orphan raised by conniving relatives.
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Aleksei Lyarsky ...
Aleksei Peshkov (later, Maxim Gorky) (as Alyosha Lyarsky)
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Akulina Ivanva Kashirin, grandmother
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Vasili Vasilyevich Kashirin, grandfather
Elizaveta Alekseeva ...
Varvara Kashirina Peshkova, mother (as E. Alekseeva)
Vyacheslav Novikov ...
Uncle Yakov Kashirin (as V. Novikov)
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Mikhail Kashirin, an uncle
K. Zubkov ...
Old Grigori
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Ivan, aka 'Gypsy'
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The Lodger (as S. Tikhonravov)
Igor Smirnov ...
Alexei, aka 'Lenka' or 'Lex', a crippled boy
E. Mamaev ...
Sacha Kashirin, nephew
V. Korochentchikov ...
Mikhail's son, also named Sacha
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Valentin Korneyev ...
Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited)
A. Lebedev ...
Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited)
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Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited)
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Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited)
B. Radkevich ...
Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited)

Directed by

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Mark Donskoy

Written by

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Mark Donskoy ... (writer)
 
Maxim Gorky ... (books)
 
Ilya Gruzdev ... (writer)

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Lev Shvarts

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Pyotr Yermolov

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Ivan Stepanov ... (as I. Stepanov)

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M. Torgancheva

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Ivan Stepanov

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Rafail Perelshteyn ... assistant director

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Kerim Amirov ... sound recordist (1977 revision) (as K. Amirov)
Nikolai Ozornov ... sound

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Ivan Malov ... camera operator (as I. Malov)

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I. Ladizhnikov ... design consultant

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Plot Summary

This haunting, unforgettable film, based upon Maxim Gorky's 1913 autobiography, shows a twelve-year-old's journey in life against the tumultuous backdrop of 19th century Russia. With tableaux beautifully vivid and forceful, it recounts the touching relationships which develop when Gorky is put into custody at his grandparents' home. His grandmother, a simple woman who knows how to make people laugh, represents optimism in the direst situations, honesty in a world of deceit. Gorky's poverty-stricken childhood formed his life-long compassion for the underdog, and the film is filled with powerful portraits of lower class people whose qualities of integrity and dignity shine through their hopeless circumstances. Among many others are the half-blind Grigory, who works at the grandfather's dye factory, and Gorky's little orphaned friends, who live out of garbage cans, dreaming of a utopian neverland. From these portraits come an inspiring, panoramic view of human conditions and conflicts. Written by Anonymous

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Also Known As
  • Детство Горького (Soviet Union, Russian title)
  • Gorky 1: The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (United States)
  • Gorky Trilogy I (World-wide, English title)
  • Gorky 1: The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (World-wide, English title)
  • The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (United States)
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Movie Connections Followed by Gorky 2: My Apprenticeship (1939). See more »
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