THE GORKY TRILOGY 1
MY CHILDHOOD
The Childhood of Maxim Gorky

The acclaimed Russian film series based on the Autobiography of Maxim Gorky. In the opening chapter, the four year old Gorky is placed under the care of his cruel grandfather and his loving grandmother. After experiencing the misery of abuse and poverty with his new family, Gorky is forced into the streets and becomes a wandering beggar. “[These films] still retain their vast humanity and optimism and remain the best loved of all soviet films" ---David Robinson.

Directed by Mark Donskoi. Screenplay by Donskoi and I. Grudev. Photography, Pytor Yermolov. With Alexi Lyarsky, Varvara Massalitinova.

USSR 1938 1OO minutes. Russian dialog, English Subtitles.
ISBN:1-55881-511-2
$39.95

THE GORKY TRILOGY 2
MY APPRENTICESHIP

The acclaimed Russian film series based on the autobiography of Maxim Gorky.

In the second episode of the trilogy, Gorky becomes an apprentice to a bourgeois family that falsely promises him an education. He learns to read in secret and sets off on a series of land and sea voyages where he sees his own poverty and misery experienced by most the Russian people and encounters the seeds of the coming revolution.

"It sears and wilts the very heart, but the heart is revived with the lifeblood of gaiety." ---Parker Tyler Classics of the Foreign Film

Directed by Mark Donskoi. Screenplay by Donskoi and I. Grudev. Photography by Pytor Yermolov. Cast: Alexi Lyarski, Varvara Massalitinova.

USSR 1939 100 minutes. Russian dialog, English Subtitles.
ISBN: 1-55881-512-0
$39.95

THE GORKY TRILOGY 3
MY UNIVERSITIES

The acclaimed Russian film series based on the Autobiography of Maxim Gorky.

The Education of Maxim Gorky The final installment of the trilogy focuses on Gorky's early manhood. At the University, he is introduced to radical poilitics and joins the revolution.

“...outstanding example in the whole Soviet cinema of the expression of humane feelings and characterization." ---Roger Manvell

Directed by Mark Donskoi. Screenplay by Donskoi and I. Grudev. Photography, Pytor Yermolov. With Nokolai Valbert. Michail Troyanovsky

USSR 1940 1OO minutes. Russian dialog, English Subtitles.
ISBN:1-55881-513-9
$39.95

THE ROAD TO LIFE
Putvovka V Zhizn

After the Revolutionary and Civil wars, gangs of orphaned youths roam the countryside begging and stealing to survive. One band, led by a strong willed young man named Mustafa, is rounded up by the Children's Commission as part of an experiment to reform the boys. They are taken off to the countryside, where under the supervision of a caring teacher they establish a cooperative and attempt to learn different trades. But life, and change is never that simple and the boys are tested by rough times and their criminal pasts. Noteworthy not only as one of the first Russian sound films but also one of the most creative sound films ever made, employing the new medium to further plot and characterization.

NYFA is pleased to present the original release version. This NYFA edition is NOT the edited, 1957 re-release.

Direction and Script by Nikolai Ekk. Photo by Vasili Pronin, Music by Y. Stolyar. Cast; Maria Gonfa, Tsitan Kyria, Nikolai Batalov

USSR 1931, 100 min. Russian Dialog, English subtitles.
ISBN 1-55881-538-4
$39.95

MY NAME IS IVAN
Ivanovo Detstvo / Ivan's Childhood

Andre Tarkovsky's film debut was this lyrical story of an orphaned boy and his lost childhood in World War Two Russia. Young Ivan is left alone following the deaths of his sister and mother at the hands of the Nazis. He soon joins other orphaned youths who work as messengers and intelligence scouts for the Russian Army. Ivan’s zeal—inspired in part by memories of his family cause his superiors to grow worried about him and send him to a safer area, but he rebels and after more than two years of dangerous missions Ivan becomes frail and, realizing that his childhood is over, he makes his way to the front for the tragic denouement. Tarkovsky's powerful directing mixes stunning images of reality and fantasy to create a memorable and moving anti-war masterpiece.

Grand Prize winner at The Venice Film Festival

High quality original American edition release.

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Script by Vladimir Bogomolov (from his book) and Mikhail Papava. Photo by Vadim Yusov. Music; Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov. Cast; Kolya Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, E Zharikov, I Tarkovsky, Nikolai Grinko, V Malyavina,

USSR, 1962. 97 minutes Russian dialog with English subtitles.
ISBN 1-55881-443-4
$29.95