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This Is How Mayakovsky Began

1959 · 95 min Drama Family History

Based on the autobiographical book "Ya -sam" (I-myself) by Vladimir Mayakovsky the leading Russian Futurist poet of the beginning of the 20th century. He was born in 1893, into a Russian Cossack family in the Transcaucasian kingdom of Georgia, then part of Russian Empire. There he spent his childhood and boyhood attending a grammar school in Kutaisi. Mayakovsky moved to Moscow at the age of 14, after his father's death. He became a poet, an artist, an actor, a writer/director and public speaker.

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Original Title მაიაკოვსკი იწყებოდა ასე
Year 1959
Country Soviet Union
Genre Drama, Family, History
Director Konstantine Pipinashvili
Runtime 95 min.

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This Is How Mayakovsky Began is an acquired taste at 0.0/10. We recommend checking the trailer and synopsis before diving in.

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A classic from 1959. They don't make them like this anymore — which is exactly why you should watch it. Best for: genre fans and those open to something unconventional.

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