Drama · Soviet Union · 1956 · 1h 44m

Mother

Мать

Director

Cast

Vera Maretskaya as Aleksey Batalov as Tatyana Piletskaya as Andrei Petrov as Sergei Kurilov as Liliya Gritsenko as

Crew

Aleksey Mishurin — Director of Photography N. Gorbenko — Editor Lev Shvarts — Original Music Composer Mark Donskoy — Writer Nikolai Kovarsky — Writer Maxim Gorky — Novel

Synopsis

Timid old woman Pelageya Nilovna observes the revolutionary activities of her son Pavel Vlasov and gradually comes to realize that his cause is a great and noble one. She involves herself in the movement and finds joy and great courage in her new life as a revolutionary. Based on Gorky's novel, filmed in the silent era by Pudovkin.

Mood & Themes

based on novel or book

Key Collaborators

Mark Donskoy Director Aleksey Mishurin Director of Photography N. Gorbenko Editor Lev Shvarts Original Music Composer Mark Donskoy Writer Nikolai Kovarsky Writer Maxim Gorky Novel Volodymyr Ahranov Production Design Yekaterina Gakkebush Costume Design

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