Mother

Synopsis

The social ferment in late 19th century Russia which led to the 1917 Russian Revolution is movingly portrayed in this lengthy historical drama, which is very faithful to the 1907 novel The Mother by the celebrated Marxist writer Maxim Gorky (1868-1936). In the story, "the mother" (Inna Tchourikova) has no other recourse than to watch her decent, kindly husband turn into an animalistic, drunken brute as a result of working in the inhuman conditions of a steel mill in the town of Sormovo. When he begins to express his suppressed rage by beating her, she is defended by her teenaged son Pavel (depicted Viktor Rakov as an adult, Sacha Chichonok as a boy). After his father's death, Pavel is forced to go to work in the same factory. However, Pavel and his friends begin investigating Marxism and socialist thought, and work to organize their fellow workers.

Main Cast

Inna Churikova

The Mother

Age : 80 | Popularity : 5%

Viktor Rakov

Pavel Vlassov

Age : 62 | Popularity : 5%

Liubomiras Laucevicius

The Father

Age : 73 | Popularity : 3%

Dmitriy Pevtsov

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Aleksandr Shishonok

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Aleksandr Karin

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Ivan Kabardin

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Vladimir Prozorov

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Novel	Maxim Gorky
	Writer	Gleb Panfilov
Directing	Director	Gleb Panfilov
Art	Production Design	Francesco Cuppini Valery Kostrin Levan Lazishvili
Camera	Director of Photography	Mikhail Agranovich
Crew	Cinematography	Alexandr Ilkhovsky
Sound	Music	Vadim Bibergan
Production	Producer	Lionello Santi
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Ganna Ganevskaya
Editing	Editor	E. Galinka
Department	Role	Name

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