The Return of Maxim (1937)
The second part of trilogy about the life of a young factory worker, Maxim. In July 1914, the Bolsheviks and Mensehviks compete for representation of the working-class in the Duma. Maksim, who just returned from exile, calls the workers to strike as a protest against the firing of six of their colleagues. The traitor Platon Dymba assaults Maksim, wounding him severely. When the strike unfolds the workers demonstrate by the thousands, the news of the outbreak of World War I suddenly arrives. Maksim gets drafted.
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- Leonid Trauberg
- Grigori Kozintsev
Writing:
- Grigori Kozintsev
- Lev Slavin
- Leonid Trauberg
Stars:
Release Date: 1937-04-01
5.0/10
5.0/10
- Country: SU
- Language: Pусский
- Runtime: 105
Worker's Deputy Turnyev
Maksim
Natasha Artemieva, alias Elena
Vassili Kuzmich Yerofeyev, worker
Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker
Nikadim's wife
Platon Dymba
Dema
Bolshevik Nikolai
Menshevik student
strikebreaker
soldier