---
title: 'The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mark Donskoy'
released: '1938-06-18'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-childhood-of-maxim-gorky-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030055/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938)

1938 · 98 min · Drama, History · Soviet Union

Original title: Детство Горького

## Synopsis

The Childhood of Maxim Gorky is a 1938 biopic based on the first part of Russian and Soviet writer Maxim Gorky's three-part autobiography, My Childhood. The film shows the earlier years of Alexei Peshkov, better known as Soviet's famous Maxim Gorky; it takes the audience through Alexei's experience at his maternal grandparent's home in the town of Nizhny Novgorod. Alexei interacts with family members, workers of his grandfather's dye factory and local orphan children, all of which impact him.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mark Donskoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-donskoy)
- **Screenplay:** [Ilya Gruzdev](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilya-gruzdev)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lev Shvarts](https://cinepixo.com/people/lev-shvarts)

## Cast

- [Yelizaveta Alekseyeva](https://cinepixo.com/people/yelizaveta-alekseyeva)
- [Michaił Trojanowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/michai-trojanowski)
- [Alexander Zhukov](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-zhukov)
- [Igor Smirnov](https://cinepixo.com/people/igor-smirnov)
- [Nikolai Pogodin](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolai-pogodin)
- [Varvara Massalitinova](https://cinepixo.com/people/varvara-massalitinova)
- [Aleksey Lyarsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksey-lyarsky)

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