

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.
Directed by Mark Donskoy, Maria Torgantseva
User score
16 votes
Released
September 12, 1939
1h 40m
Russian

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