Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938) Rating: Starring: Ye. Alekseyeva, Aleksei Lyarsky, Varvara Massalitinova, Mikhail Troyanovsky Director: Mark Donskoy Category: Avant Garde, Drama, Foreign, Classics, Classics Studio: Image Ent. Subtitles: English Length: 99 mins     "One of the noblest achievments of pre-war Soviet cinema," (Jay Leyda, Kino) this haunting, unforgettable film, based upon Maxim Gorky's 1913 autobiography, shows a twelve-year-old's journey in life against the tumultuous backdrop of 19th century Russia. With tableaux beautifully vivid and forceful, it recounts the touching relationships which develop when Gorky is put into custody at his grandparents' home. His grandmother, a sim