The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938) by Mark Donskoi
Sunday, April 24, 1983, 8:00 pm
Mark Donskoi
The Gorky Trilogy, Part 1: Childhood
The Childhood of Maxim Gorky. 1938, 100 min. Based on the memoirs of Maxim Gorky, this film is still considered one of the greatest achievements of Soviet Cinema. Childhood depicts Gorky’s early life in the 1870s, recreating the tone and the mood of 19th century Russia with a remarkable clash of feeling and detail. The Trilogy is Donskoi’s masterpiece. All that was brightest and hopeful in his own unsimple character responded fully to Gorky’s belief in people and his anger at their waste.” —Jay Leyda.