The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938)

Original title

Детство Горького

Directed by

Mark Donskoy

Genre

drama film, biographical film, coming-of-age film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy named Alexei lives with his grandparents in 19th century Russia. The film shows how his harsh family life and encounters with local workers and orphans shape his early years.

earnestpovertygrittyslow-burnobservantmelancholichistoricalcharacter-driven

What happens

The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (Russian: Детство Горького, romanized: Detstvo Gorkogo, "Gorky's childhood") is a 1938 biopic based on the first part of Russian and Soviet writer Maxim Gorky's three-part autobiography, My Childhood (published 1913–1914). The film shows the earlier years of Alexei Peshkov, better known as Soviet's famous Maxim Gorky; it takes the audience through Alexei's experience at his maternal grandparent's home in the town of Nizhny Novgorod. Alexei interacts with family members, workers of his grandfather's dye factory and local orphan children, all of which impact him. This film was in 1939 followed by two films covering the second and third parts of his autobiography: My Apprenticeship (based on In the World, published 1916) and My Universities (based on My Universities, published 1923). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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