The Childhood of Maxim Gorky

5.8

1938

1h 40m

4K ULTRA HD

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.

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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

Daniil Sagal

Vanya, aka 'Gypsy'

Sergey Tikhonravov

The Lodger

Vyacheslav Novikov

Yakov Kashirin

Igor Smirnov

Alexei, aka 'Lenka' or 'Lex', a crippled boy