The Last Ones(1973)

The Last Ones is a television drama adapted from Maxim Gorky's 1908 four-act play. The series chronicles the gradual collapse of a Russian middle-class family as social and personal pressures mount. Drawing from Gorky's unflinching portrait of domestic decline, the narrative explores how economic hardship, fractured relationships, and changing times erode the family's stability. The adaptation captures the playwright's keen observation of human weakness and resilience, presenting a bleak yet compelling study of a household in freefall. Gorky's work remains a cornerstone of Russian literature, and this dramatization brings his stark vision of class struggle and family dysfunction to the screen with period authenticity and psychological depth.