The Childhood of Maxim Gorky

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)