My Apprenticeship

My Apprenticeship (1939)Cast and Crew

Movie

Cast

A
Aleksei Lyarsky
as Aleksei Peshkov (later, Maxim Gorky)
I
Irina Zarubina
as Natalya, the washer-woman
V
Varvara Massalitinova
as Akulina Ivanovna Kashirina
Y
Ye. Lilina
as Matriona Ivanovna
I
Ivan Kudryavtsev
as Sergeyev, the son-in-law
N
N. Berezovskaya
as Ivanovna-Sergeyeva, daughter
Y
Ye. Seleznyov
as Viktor Ivanov, son
D
Darya Zerkalova
as The Rich Woman With Books (segment "like Queen Margo")
A
Aleksandr Timontayev
as Smury, the cook
M
Mikhail Povolotsky
as Sergei, the ship's waiter
N
Nikolay Gorlov
as Ship's Steward
M
Mikhail Troyanovsky
as Grandfather Kachirin
V
Vasili Novikov
as Uncle Yakov Kashirin
N
Nikolai Plotnikov
as Zhikaryov, icon painter
N
N. Chugunov
as Ivan Larionovich
I
Ivan Chuvelyov
as Sitanev, craftsman
V
V. Terentyev
as Kapendiukin
V
Vladimir Maruta
as Mitropolsky
N
Nikolai Valbert

Crew

M
Mark Donskoy
Director
I
Ilya Gruzdev
Writer
M
Maxim Gorky
Book
M
Mark Donskoy
Writer

The Gorky Collection

The structure of Gorky's autobiography presented director Mark Donskoy with his greatest problem. A series of anecdotes, characters, observations, and philosophical reminiscences, the three volumes are tautly written though loose in form. In the construction of the films, it has been necessary to compress material, combine events by minor violations of chronology, and to except liberally. This is accomplished with great skill, and almost invariably the characters are presented with Gorky's sympathy and grimy clarity.