Picking up where 1938's My Childhood left off, the story covers the years in Gorki's life when the future writer was on his own, looking for a purpose and place in life.
Aleksei Lyarsky
Aleksei Peshkov (later, Maxim Gorky)
Irina Zarubina
Natalya, the washer-woman
Varvara Massalitinova
Akulina Ivanovna Kashirina
Elizaveta Lilina
Matriona Ivanovna
Ivan Kudryavtsev
Sergeyev, the son-in-law
N. Berezovskaya
Ivanovna-Sergeyeva, daughter
Ye. Seleznyov
Viktor Ivanov, son
Darya Zerkalova
The Rich Woman With Books (segment "like Queen Margo")
Aleksandr Timontayev
Smury, the cook
Mikhail Povolotsky
Sergei, the ship's waiter
Nikolay Gorlov
Ship's Steward
Mikhail Troyanovsky
Grandfather Kachirin
Vyacheslav Novikov
Uncle Yakov Kashirin
Nikolai Plotnikov
Zhikaryov, icon painter
N. Chugunov
Ivan Larionovich
Ivan Chuvelyov
Sitanev, craftsman
V. Terentyev
Kapendiukin
Vladimir Maruta
Mitropolsky
Nikolai Valbert
Mark Donskoy
Director, Writer
Ilya Gruzdev
Writer
Oct 4, 1987
Mar 7, 1997
Jan 7, 2015
Sep 5, 2008
Sep 1, 2025
Sep 15, 2004
May 9, 2018
Jun 11, 1994
Dec 17, 1992
Sep 29, 2006
Sep 4, 2025
Nov 28, 2019
Jun 13, 2015
Sep 2, 2022
Jan 8, 2008
Sep 12, 2016
Soyuzdetfilm
SU
Soviet Union
Pусский