My Apprenticeship (1939)

09/12/1939 (SU) • 1h 40m

Drama

Overview

Second entry in Ukrainian director Mark Donskoy's "Maxim Gorki" trilogy. Picking up where 1938's My Childhood left off, the story covers the years in Gorki's life when the future writer (Alexei Lyarsky) was on his own, looking for a purpose and place in life.

Top Billed Cast

Aleksei Lyarsky

Aleksei Peshkov (later, Maxim Gorky)

Irina Zarubina

Natalya, the washer-woman

Varvara Massalitinova

Akulina Ivanovna Kashirina

Elizaveta Lilina

Matriona Ivanovna

Ivan Kudryavtsev

Sergeyev, the son-in-law

N. Berezovskaya

Ivanovna-Sergeyeva, daughter

Ye. Seleznyov

Viktor Ivanov, son

Darya Zerkalova

The Rich Woman With Books (segment "like Queen Margo")

Aleksandr Timontayev

Smury, the cook


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Part of the The Gorky Collection

Includes My Apprenticeship, My Universities, The Childhood of Maxim Gorky

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Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Budget

-

Revenue

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Keywords

autobiography

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