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My Apprenticeship

Mark Donskoy

1939 • 1h 40m

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.

My Apprenticeship

Cast

Aleksei Lyarsky

Aleksei LyarskyAleksei Peshkov (later, Maxim Gorky)

Irina Zarubina

Irina ZarubinaNatalya, the washer-woman

Varvara Massalitinova

Varvara MassalitinovaAkulina Ivanovna Kashirina

Elizaveta Lilina

Elizaveta LilinaMatriona Ivanovna

Ivan Kudryavtsev

Ivan KudryavtsevSergeyev, the son-in-law

N. BerezovskayaIvanovna-Sergeyeva, daughter

Ye. SeleznyovViktor Ivanov, son

Darya Zerkalova

Darya ZerkalovaThe Rich Woman With Books (segment "like Queen Margo")

Aleksandr Timontayev

Aleksandr TimontayevSmury, the cook

Mikhail Povolotsky

Mikhail PovolotskySergei, the ship's waiter

Nikolay Gorlov

Nikolay GorlovShip's Steward

Mikhail Troyanovsky

Mikhail TroyanovskyGrandfather Kachirin

Vyacheslav Novikov

Vyacheslav NovikovUncle Yakov Kashirin

Nikolai Plotnikov

Nikolai PlotnikovZhikaryov, icon painter

N. ChugunovIvan Larionovich

Crew

Mark Donskoy

Mark DonskoyDirector

Maxim Gorky

Maxim GorkyBook

Lev Shvarts

Lev ShvartsOriginal Music Composer

Pyotr Yermolov

Pyotr YermolovDirector of Photography

David Blok

David BlokSound

Rafail Perelstein

Rafail PerelsteinAssistant Director

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