The Gorky Trilogy: My Childhood

by Mark Donskoi (Director)

"My childhood" tells of the four-year-old Maxim Gorky who is placed under the care of his cruel grandfather and loving grandmother only to be tossed onto the streets after suffering abuse and poverty with his family. In "My apprenticeship," Gorky becomes an apprentice to a bourgeois family that falsely promises him an education. He learns to read in secret and sets off on series of land and sea voyages where he encounters poverty and sees the seeds of the coming revolution being planted. In "My universities," he is introduced to radical politics and joins the revolution.

Audio Cassette

Published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Gregory's Lament]

Moved too slow for me at the time, and I never finished it.