The Return of Maxim
Released: April 1, 1937Runtime: 105 minLanguage: RU
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.
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Boris Chirkov
as Maksim
Valentina Kibardina
as Natasha Artemieva, alias Elena
Anatoliy Kuznetsov
as Worker's Deputy Turnyev
Aleksandr Zrazhevsky
as Vassili Kuzmich Yerofeyev, worker
Aleksandr Chistyakov
as Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker
Vasili Vanin
as Editor of Pravda
Yuriy Tolubeev
as Loudmouthed Worker in Natasha's Office
Aleksey Bondi
as Menshevik Troublemaker
Mikhail Zharov
as Platon Vassilievich Dymba, billiards braggart
Nikolay Kryuchkov
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