The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938) movie

A drama reveals the great writer's inauspicious early years as an orphan raised by conniving relatives. The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938) movie Genres: Biography, Drama Production Co: Soyuzdetfilm Directed by Mark Donskoy Writing Credits: Mark Donskoy, Maxim Gorky (books), Ilya Gruzdev Music by Lev Shvarts Cinematography by Pyotr Yermolov Production Design by Ivan Stepanov Art Direction by M. Torgancheva Set Decoration by Ivan Stepanov Cast: Aleksei Lyarsky as Aleksei Peshkov (later, Maxim Gorky) Varvara Massalitinova as Akulina Ivanva Kashirin, grandmother Mikhail Troyanovsky as Vasili Vasilyevich Kashirin, grandfather Elizaveta Alekseeva as Varvara Kashirina Peshkova, mother Vyacheslav Novikov as Uncle Yakov Kashirin Aleksandr Zhukov as Mikhail Kashirin, an uncle K. Zubkov as Old Grigori Daniil Sagal as Ivan, aka 'Gypsy' Sergey Tikhonravov as The Lodger Igor Smirnov as Alexei, aka 'Lenka' or 'Lex', a crippled boy E. Mamaev as Sacha Kashirin, nephew V. Korochentchikov as Mikhail's son, also named Sacha A. Korneyev as Member of 'The Gang' A. Lebedev as Member of 'The Gang' Vladimir Maslatsov as Member of 'The Gang' Nikolay Pogodin as Member of 'The Gang' B. Radkevich as Member of 'The Gang'