My Apprenticeship (1939)

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NR 1 hr 40 minSep 12th, 1939DramaThe Gorky Collection PosterPart of The Gorky Collection
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.
StarringAleksei LyarskyIrina ZarubinaVarvara Massalitinova
DirectorMark Donskoy
WritersMark DonskoyIlya Gruzdev

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:September 12th, 1939
Original Language:Russian
Movie Tags:
autobiography

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.