My Apprenticeship (1939)

5.9/10 100 min Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

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

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

Ivan Chuvelyov

Sitanev, craftsman

Vladimir Maruta

Mitropolsky

Nikolai Valbert

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