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.

• Mark DonskoyDirector
• Lev ShvartsOriginal Music Composer
• Ilya GruzdevWriter
• Mark DonskoyWriter

• Aleksei LyarskyAleksei Peshkov
• Varvara MassalitinovaAkulina Ivanva Kashirin
• Mikhail TroyanovskyVasili Vasilyevich Kashirin
• Yelizaveta AlekseyevaVarvara Kashirina Peshkova
• Aleksandr ZhukovMikhail Kashirin, an uncle
• K. ZubkovOld Grigori
• Daniil SagalVanya, aka 'Gypsy'
• Sergey TikhonravovThe Lodger
• Vyacheslav NovikovYakov Kashirin
• Igor SmirnovAlexei, aka 'Lenka' or 'Lex', a crippled boy
• E. MamaevSacha Kashirin, nephew
• V. KorochentchikovMikhail's son, also named Sacha