The Childhood of Maxim Gorky

Name: The Childhood of Maxim Gorky
Director: Mark Donskoy
Genre: Drama
Released: 1938-09-27
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Aleksei Lyarsky, Varvara Massalitinova, Mikhail Troyanovsky, Yelizaveta Alekseyeva, Aleksandr Zhukov

Original title: Детство Горького

6.0(29)19381h 40mRU

Directed by Mark Donskoy

Part of the The Gorky Collection

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.