The structure of Gorky's autobiography presented director Mark Donskoy with his greatest problem. A series of anecdotes, characters, observations, and philosophical reminiscences, the three volumes are tautly written though loose in form. In the construction of the films, it has been necessary to compress material, combine events by minor violations of chronology, and to except liberally. This is accomplished with great skill, and almost invariably the characters are presented with Gorky's sympathy and grimy clarity.
3 films
Mark Donskoy (Director) · Ilya Gruzdev (Writer)
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
Mikhail Povolotsky
Sergei, the ship's waiter
Nikolay Gorlov
Ship's Steward
Mikhail Troyanovsky
Grandfather Kachirin
Vyacheslav Novikov
Uncle Yakov Kashirin
Nikolai Plotnikov
Zhikaryov, icon painter
N. Chugunov
Ivan Larionovich
Ivan Chuvelyov
Sitanev, craftsman
V. Terentyev
Kapendiukin
Vladimir Maruta
Mitropolsky
Nikolai Valbert
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Picking up where 1938's My Childhood left off, the story covers the years in Gorki's life when the future writer was on his own, looking for a purpose and place in life.
