The Childhood of Maxim Gorky

Young Maxim grows up under the czarist regime with his grandparents as guardians. Continually demeaned by his martinet grandfather, Maxim is drawn to his warm-hearted grandmother, who instills in him the willingness to pursue his writing muse.

Drama

Aleksei Lyarsky

(Aleksei Peshkov)

Varvara Massalitinova

(Akulina Ivanva Kashirin)

Mikhail Troyanovsky

(Vasili Vasilyevich Kashirin)

Yelizaveta Alekseyeva

(Varvara Kashirina Peshkova)

Aleksandr Zhukov

(Mikhail Kashirin, an uncle)

K. Zubkov

(Old Grigori)

Daniil Sagal

(Vanya, aka 'Gypsy')

Sergey Tikhonravov

(The Lodger)

Vyacheslav Novikov

(Yakov Kashirin)

Igor Smirnov

(Alexei, aka 'Lenka' or 'Lex', a crippled boy)

E. Mamaev

(Sacha Kashirin, nephew)

V. Korochentchikov

(Mikhail's son, also named Sacha)

Valentin Korneyev

(Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited))

A. Lebedev

(Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited))

Vladimir Maslatsov

(Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited))

Nikolay Pogodin

(Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited))

B. Radkevich

(Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited))