My Apprenticeship (1939)
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.
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 | Maxim Gorky | Book |
| Sound | Lev Shvarts | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Pyotr Yermolov | Director of Photography |
| Art | Ivan Stepanov | Production Design |
| Camera | Ivan Malov | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | S. Gordeev | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Ivan Ladyzhnikov | Script Consultant |
| Sound | David Blok | Sound |
| Sound | V. Dmitriev | Sound Director |
| Directing | Rafail Perelstein | Assistant Director |
| Camera | P. Krasheninnikov | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | V. Levashev | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Art | I. Platonov | Assistant Production Design |
| Directing | Aleksandr Zhutaev | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ya. Raykh | First Assistant Director |
| Production | A. Tsverik | Administration |
| Production | Maria Torgantseva | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Mark Donskoy | Writer |