Enemies (Gorky)

Maxim Gorky's powerful drama about the social ferment that culminated in the 1917 Russian Revolution is set on an estate in provincial Russia in 1905. In a sunlit-dappled garden, some factory owners and their wives discuss the unrest amongst the workers. Rather than submit to a strike, they decide to close down the factory. When an owner is slain in a scuffle with a workman, the ensuing investigation uncovers the socialist fervor that is sweeping the countryside. The play goes beyond depicting class struggle by keenly examining the gulfs between youth and old age, vision and shortsightedness, and conservatism versus change.

1974, Drama, 90 minutes, Color

Cast: Frances Sternhagen, Peter Donat, Kate Reid, Josef Sommer, Christopher Reeve


Written by: Maxim Gorky

Directed by: Kirk Browning


Produced by: Bo Goldman

Executive Producer: Jac Venza


A presentation of Thirteen/WNET New York, Theater In America 1974


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