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My Apprenticeship 1939 Directed by Mark Donskoy В людях

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.

Production Country Soviet Union
Language Russian
Spoken Language Russian
Gnere Drama
Production Company Soyuzdetfilm
Release Date 12 September 1939
100 mins
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
N. Berezovskaya Ivanovna-Sergeyeva, daughter
Ye. Seleznyov Viktor Ivanov, son
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
Vasili Novikov Uncle Yakov Kashirin
Nikolai Plotnikov Zhikaryov, icon painter
N. Chugunov Ivan Larionovich
Ivan Chuvelyov Sitanev, craftsman
V. Terentyev Kapendiukin
Vladimir Maruta Mitropolsky
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Director
Writers
Original Writer