Young Maxim grows up under the czarist regime with his grandparents as guardians. Continually demeaned by his martinet grandfather, Maxim is drawn to his warm-hearted grandmother, who instills in him the willingness to pursue his writing muse.
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- Production
- Soyuzdetfilm
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Top Cast
Aleksei Lyarsky as Aleksei Peshkov
Varvara Massalitinova as Akulina Ivanva Kashirin
Mikhail Troyanovsky as Vasili Vasilyevich Kashirin
Yelizaveta Alekseyeva as Varvara Kashirina Peshkova
Aleksandr Zhukov as Mikhail Kashirin, an uncle
K. Zubkov as Old Grigori
Daniil Sagal as Vanya, aka 'Gypsy'
Sergey Tikhonravov as The Lodger
Top Crew
Mark Donskoy · Director, Writer
Ilya Gruzdev · Writer
Maxim Gorky · Book
Lev Shvarts · Composer
Pyotr Yermolov · Cinematographer
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