Synopsis
Young Maxim grows up under the czarist regime with his grandparents as guardians. Continually demeaned by his martinet grandfather, Maxim is drawn to his warm-hearted grandmother, who instills in him the willingness to pursue his writing muse.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
29 audience votes
Key crew
- Mark DonskoyDirector
- Lev ShvartsOriginal Music Composer
- Ilya GruzdevWriter
- Mark DonskoyWriter
Cast
- Aleksei LyarskyAleksei Peshkov
- Varvara MassalitinovaAkulina Ivanva Kashirin
- Mikhail TroyanovskyVasili Vasilyevich Kashirin
- Yelizaveta AlekseyevaVarvara Kashirina Peshkova
- Aleksandr ZhukovMikhail Kashirin, an uncle
- K. ZubkovOld Grigori
- Daniil SagalVanya, aka 'Gypsy'
- Sergey TikhonravovThe Lodger
- Vyacheslav NovikovYakov Kashirin
- Igor SmirnovAlexei, aka 'Lenka' or 'Lex', a crippled boy
- E. MamaevSacha Kashirin, nephew
- V. KorochentchikovMikhail's son, also named Sacha