The Return of Maxim

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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.

Released: 1937-04-01

Duration: 1h 45m

Genre: Drama

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg

Writer: Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg, Lev Slavin

Cast: Boris Chirkov, Valentina Kibardina, Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Aleksandr Zrazhevsky, Aleksandr Chistyakov

Production: Lenfilm