A Man Before His Time is a 1971 Soviet drama film directed by Abram Room. It is based on Yakov Bogomolov, an unfinished play by Maxim Gorky (ca. 1916).

Plot

The film is set in the Karadag coast of the Crimea at the turn of the 20th century. It tells about the engineer Bogomolov, who is so passionate about his work that he does not notice how his wife cheats on him and his friends betray him.