Drama · Soviet Union · 1959 · 1h 34m

Foma Gordeyev

Фома Гордеев

Director

Cast

Georgi Yepifantsev as Foma Gordeyev Sergei Lukyanov as Ignat Gordeyev Pavel Tarasov as Yakov Mayakin Alla Labetskaya as Lyuba Marianna Strizhenova as Sasha Maria Milkova as Sofya Medynskaya

Crew

Margarita Pilikhina — Director of Photography A. Klebanova — Editor Lev Shvarts — Original Music Composer Mark Donskoy — Writer Boris Byalik — Writer Maxim Gorky — Novel

Synopsis

Foma Gordeyev, the son of a wealthy Volga merchant, doesn't want to continue his father's work. The mind is sickened by the dirt and injustice of life around him. Foma is seeking solace in a drunken rampage and wild antics. After many years of desolation, he is half-ill at the opening of a night shelter built with his father’s money.

Mood & Themes

based on novel or book

Key Collaborators

Mark Donskoy Director Margarita Pilikhina Director of Photography A. Klebanova Editor Lev Shvarts Original Music Composer Mark Donskoy Writer Boris Byalik Writer Maxim Gorky Novel Pyotr Pashkevich Production Design Elza Rappoport Costume Design

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