Released:
1939-09-12

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.

Director:
Mark Donskoy

Runtime:
1h 40min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Aleksei Lyarsky
  as
  Aleksei Peshkov (later, Maxim Gorky)
• 
  Irina Zarubina
  as
  Natalya, the washer-woman
• 
  Varvara Massalitinova
  as
  Akulina Ivanovna Kashirina
• 
  Elizaveta Lilina
  as
  Matriona Ivanovna
• 
  Ivan Kudryavtsev
  as
  Sergeyev, the son-in-law