The Return of Maxim
1937, Russian. Directed by Grigori Kozintsev & Leonid Trauberg.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Maxim Trilogy Collection
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Cast & crew
- Grigori KozintsevDirector
- Leonid TraubergDirector
- Boris ChirkovMaksim
- Valentina KibardinaNatasha Artemieva, alias Elena
- Anatoliy KuznetsovWorker's Deputy Turnyev
- Aleksandr ZrazhevskyVassili Kuzmich Yerofeyev, worker
- Aleksandr ChistyakovMishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker
- Mikhail ZharovPlaton Dymba
- Stepan KayukovDema
- Vasili VaninBolshevik Nikolai
- Aleksey BondiMenshevik
- Vasili MerkuryevMenshevik student
- Yuriy Tolubeevstrikebreaker
- Nikolay Kryuchkovsoldier
Details
- Released
- 1 April 1937
- Original title
- Возвращение Максима
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg, Lev Slavin
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Watch The Youth of Maxim (1935) first.
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Next in the series: The Vyborg Side (1939).
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The Return of Maxim runs 105 minutes (1h 45m).
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The Return of Maxim isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 April 1937. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Return of Maxim?
The Return of Maxim (1937) was directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg and stars Boris Chirkov, Valentina Kibardina, Anatoliy Kuznetsov.