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Cast
Boris Chirkov
as Maksim
Valentina Kibardina
as Natasha
Mikhail Tarkhanov
as Polivanov, socialist party elder
Stepan Kayukov
as Dmitri "Dyema" Savchenko
Boris Blinov
as political prisoner
Aleksandr Kulakov
as Andrei
Vladimir Sladkopevtsev
as head of the prison
Pavel Volkov
as workman with the accordion
Irina Gosheva
as Prisoner
Leonid Lyubashevsky
as Cast
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1935
Runtime1h 30m
LanguageRussian
CertificationNR
GenresWar, Drama, History
Votes13
DirectorGrigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg
WritersLeonid Trauberg, Grigori Kozintsev
TypeFeature Film
Rating5.7 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsThe Youth of Maxim
About The Youth of Maxim
A 1935 USA trade-paper reviewer called it... "an impressive and technically outstanding historical drama dealing with czarist terrorism and revolutionary boiling in the days of 1907. Picture is one of the Soviet prize winners and has particular merits in realistic performance, photography and movement, plus some musical touches in way of folk songs."
Directed by Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg, The Youth of Maxim leans on a strong ensemble — Boris Chirkov, Valentina Kibardina, Mikhail Tarkhanov — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about war titles of 1935.
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