My Apprenticeship (1939)
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
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Aleksei Lyarsky as Aleksei Peshkov (later, Maxim Gorky) |
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Irina Zarubina as Natalya, the washer-woman |
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Varvara Massalitinova as Akulina Ivanovna Kashirina |
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Elizaveta Lilina as Matriona Ivanovna |
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Ivan Kudryavtsev as Sergeyev, the son-in-law |
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N. Berezovskaya as Ivanovna-Sergeyeva, daughter |
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Ye. Seleznyov as Viktor Ivanov, son |
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Darya Zerkalova as The Rich Woman With Books (segment "like Queen Margo") |
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Aleksandr Timontayev as Smury, the cook |
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Mikhail Povolotsky as Sergei, the ship's waiter |
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Nikolay Gorlov as Ship's Steward |
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Mikhail Troyanovsky as Grandfather Kachirin |
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Vyacheslav Novikov as Uncle Yakov Kashirin |
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Nikolai Plotnikov as Zhikaryov, icon painter |
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N. Chugunov as Ivan Larionovich |
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Ivan Chuvelyov as Sitanev, craftsman |
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V. Terentyev as Kapendiukin |
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Vladimir Maruta as Mitropolsky |
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Nikolai Valbert as |
| Directing | Mark Donskoy | Director |
| Writing | Ilya Gruzdev | Writer |
| Writing | Mark Donskoy | Writer |
| Writing | Maxim Gorky | Book |
| Sound | Lev Shvarts | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Pyotr Yermolov | Director of Photography |
| Art | Ivan Stepanov | Production Design |
