Word: donskoy
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...structure of Gorky's autobiography presented director Mark Donskoy with his greatest problem. A series of anecdotes, characters, observations, and philosophical reminiscences, the three volumes are tautly written though loose in form. In the construction of the films, it has been necessary to compress material, combine events by minor violations of chronology, and to except liberally. This is accomplished with great skill, and almost invariably the characters are presented with Gorky's sympathy and grimy clarity...
...notable exception though, Donskoy seems to have felt a compulsion to exaggerate the heroism of Tsiganok, a young dyer. The childishness which Gorky ascribes to him is turned by Donskoy to straightforwardness. The director refrains from describing his propensity for stealing, and transfers to Tsiganok's mouth the words of advice which so impressed young Gorky: "You must learn everything...