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My Apprenticeship (1939)

Genre :

Runtime : 1H 40M

Director : Mark Donskoy

Synopsis

Second entry in Russian 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.

Actors

Aleksei Lyarsky
Aleksei Lyarsky
Aleksei Peshkov (later, Maxim Gorky)
Irina Zarubina
Irina Zarubina
Natalya, the washer-woman
Varvara Massalitinova
Varvara Massalitinova
Akulina Ivanovna Kashirina
Ye. Lilina
Ye. Lilina
Matriona Ivanovna
Ivan Kudryavtsev
Ivan Kudryavtsev
Sergeyev, the son-in-law
N. Berezovskaya
N. Berezovskaya
Ivanovna-Sergeyeva, daughter
Ye. Seleznyov
Ye. Seleznyov
Viktor Ivanov, son
Darya Zerkalova
Darya Zerkalova
The Rich Woman With Books (segment "like Queen Margo")
Aleksandr Timontayev
Aleksandr Timontayev
Smury, the cook
Mikhail Povolotsky
Mikhail Povolotsky
Sergei, the ship's waiter
Nikolay Gorlov
Nikolay Gorlov
Ship's Steward
Mikhail Troyanovsky
Mikhail Troyanovsky
Grandfather Kachirin
Vasili Novikov
Vasili Novikov
Uncle Yakov Kashirin
Nikolai Plotnikov
Nikolai Plotnikov
Zhikaryov, icon painter
N. Chugunov
N. Chugunov
Ivan Larionovich
Ivan Chuvelyov
Ivan Chuvelyov
Sitanev, craftsman
V. Terentyev
V. Terentyev
Kapendiukin
Vladimir Maruta
Vladimir Maruta
Mitropolsky
Nikolai Valbert
Nikolai Valbert

Crews

Mark Donskoy
Mark Donskoy
Director
Mark Donskoy
Mark Donskoy
Writer
Ilya Gruzdev
Ilya Gruzdev
Writer
Maxim Gorky
Maxim Gorky
Book

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