Gorky_2:_My_Apprenticeship Knowpia

My Apprenticeship
My Apprenticeship
	Russian: В людях
Directed by	Mark Donskoy
Written by	Mark Donskoy; Maxim Gorky (book); Ilya Gruzdev;
Starring	Aleksei Lyarsky; Irina Zarubina; Varvara Massalitinova; Ye. Lilina; Ivan Kudryavtsev;
Cinematography	Pyotr Yermolov
Music by	Lev Shvarts
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Gorky 2: My Apprenticeship (Russian: В людях, romanized: V lyudyakh) is a 1939 Soviet biographical drama film directed by Mark Donskoy.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Plot edit

Alyosha Peshkov goes to work with his uncle, a draftsman, then a dishwasher, after which he goes to learn icon painting. He is kind and honest in nature; he cannot accept the surrounding injustice and he is without housing.^[6]

Starring edit

Aleksei Lyarsky as Aleksei Peshkov (later, Maxim Gorky)
Irina Zarubina as Natalya, the washer-woman
Varvara Massalitinova as Akulina Ivanovna Kashirina
Ye. Lilina as Matriona Ivanovna
Ivan Kudryavtsev as Sergeyev, the son-in-law (as I. Kudryavtsev)
Nadezhda Berezovskaya as Ivanovna-Sergeyeva, daughter (as N. Berezovskaya)
Ye. Seleznyov as Viktor Ivanov, son
Darya Zerkalova as The Rich Woman With Books (segment "like Queen Margo") (as D. Zerkalova)
Aleksandr Timontayev as Smury, the cook (as A. Timontayev)
Mikhail Povolotsky as Sergei, the ship's waiter^[7]