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.
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Georgi Yepifantsev
Foma Gordeyev
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Sergei Lukyanov
Ignat Gordeyev
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Margarita Pilikhina
Mark Donskoy
Boris Byalik
Pavel Tarasov
Yakov Mayakin
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Pyotr Pashkevich
Alla Labetskaya
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Maxim Gorky
Lev Shvarts
Marianna Strizhenova
Sasha
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Sergey Yurtsev
Mark Donskoy Director · Boris Byalik Writer Maxim Gorky Author
United States release October 15, 1961 · Produced in Russia · Original title Фома Гордеев
Production
Russia
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Languages
Original title
Фома Гордеев
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · November 14, 1959
Theatrical
United States · October 15, 1961
Theatrical
Finland
July 29, 1960 · Theatrical
France
February 26, 1964
Hungary
December 29, 1960 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 2, 1974 · TV premiere
Switzerland
August 1, 1960 · Locarno Film Festival
XC
November 8, 1960 · Theatrical
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