Gorky 3: My Universities (Russian: Мои университеты) is a 1940 Soviet biographical drama film directed by Mark Donskoy.
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Plot
The third part of the trilogy of the life and fate of M. Gorky, based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by the writer. Alyosha Peshkov comes to Kazan to study. The university turns out to be an impossible dream for him, and so he begins to look for a job, and has to live without a shelter. Young Peshkov's thoughts about life are no less difficult than life itself. In a moment of despair, he decides to commit suicide.
Cast
Nikolai Valbert as Aleksei Pechkov (Gorky) (as N. Valbert)
Stepan Kayukov as Semenov
Nikolai Dorokhin as Chatunov
Nikolai Plotnikov as Nikiforytch
Lev Sverdlin as The Guardian
Daniil Sagal as Pletnev
Mikhail Povolotsky as The Student
Pavel Shpringfeld as Gratchik
Vladimir Maruta as Romas
K. Zubkov as The Beard Baker
A. Smolko as Pacha the gipsy
Valentina Dancheva as The Woman (as V. Dancheva)
Irina Fedotova as Macha
Pavel Dozhdev as Yacha (as Pavlik Dozhdev)