My Childhood Movie Review 1938

The first of director Donskoi's trilogy on the life of Maxim Gorky, based on Gorky's autobiographical stories. In this first film, Donskoi depicts Gorky's childhood of abuse and poverty with his grandparents in the 1870s. Eventually, Gorky is forced into the streets and he becomes a wandering beggar. In Russian with English subtitles. Followed by "My Apprenticeship" and "My Universities."

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Available on VHS
Running time 100 minutes.
Originally from Russian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Writers, Period Piece: 19th Century, Biopics: Writers, Childhood Visions, Adapted from a Story

Director

Mark Donskoi