Gorky Trilogy 1 - Childhood of Maxim Gorky
Adapted from the autobiography of the great Russian novelist Maxim Gorky, these films are similar to Satyajit Ray’s APU TRILOGY in their richness and deep humanism. In part one, young Alexei is a 12-year-old living with his greedy grandfather and good-hearted grandmother, looking out on the poverty of his neighborhood.
Cast & Crew
Director: Mark Donskoy
Screenwriter: Ilya Gruzdev, based on the autobiography of Maxim Gorky
Cinematographer: Pyotr Yermolov, I. Makov
Music: Lev Schwartz
Principal Cast: Alyosha Lyarsky, Vavara Massalitinova, Mikhail Troyanovsky
Filmography: Hope (1973); The Rainbow (1944); Brother of a Hero (1940); Gorky Trilogy (1938-40);
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