''The Youth of Maxim'' (russian: Юность Максима) is a 1935 Soviet historical drama film directed by

Grigori Kozintsev Grigori Mikhailovich Kozintsev (russian: link=no, Григорий Михайлович Козинцев; 11 May 1973) was a Soviet theatre and film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1964. In 1965 ...

and Leonid Trauberg, the first part of trilogy about the life of a young factory worker named Maxim.

Plot

In 1910, a revolutionary underground group spreads leaflets featuring anti-tsarist slogans. Maksim, a young, happy-go-lucky worker and his comrades help the teacher Natasha, who is engaged in illegal activities in the factory, hide from the police. Maksim's friend Andrei and another worker lose their lives. Their funeral turns into a huge demonstration which is suppressed by the police. Numerous people are arrested, among them Maksim, who subsequently becomes a Social Democratic activist.

Cast

Boris Chirkov Boris Petrovich Chirkov (russian: Борис Петрович Чирков; 13 August 1901, Brianka – 28 May 1982, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian actor and Pedagogy, pedagogue. He appeared in 50 films between 1928 and 1975. He was awarde ...

- Maksim *

Valentina Kibardina Valentina may refer to: Entertainment Film * ''Valentina'' (1950 film), a 1950 Argentine film * ''Valentina'' (2008 film), a 2008 Argentine film Television * ''Valentina'' (1993 telenovela), a 1993 Mexican telenovela * Valentina (2013 telenov ...

- Natasha * Mikhail Tarkhanov - Polivanov *

Stepan Kayukov Stepan Yakovlevich Kayukov (russian: Степан Яковлевич Каюков; 1 August 1898 – 22 January 1960) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1949). Selected filmography * '' Golden Moun ...

- Dmitri "Dyema" Savchenko * Aleksandr Kulakov - Andrei * Boris Blinov * S. Leontyev * M. Shelkovsky * Vladimir Sladkopevtsev * Leonid Lyubashevky * Pavel Volkov - The workman with the accordion (uncredited)

References

Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema By Peter Rollberg

References

External links

* 1935 films Lenfilm films Soviet black-and-white films Films directed by Grigori Kozintsev Films directed by Leonid Trauberg Films scored by Dmitri Shostakovich Articles containing video clips Soviet historical drama films 1930s historical drama films 1935 drama films Films set in the 1910s 1930s Russian-language films {{1930s-USSR-film-stub