My Apprenticeship
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.
Cast
Irina Zarubina
Natalya, the washer-woman
Mikhail Troyanovsky
Grandfather Kachirin
Aleksei Lyarsky
Aleksei Peshkov (later, Maxim Gorky)
Varvara Massalitinova
Akulina Ivanovna Kashirina
Aleksandr Timontayev
Smury, the cook
Nikolay Gorlov
Ship's Steward
Ivan Chuvelyov
Sitanev, craftsman
Nikolai Valbert
Elizaveta Lilina
Matriona Ivanovna
Ivan Kudryavtsev
Sergeyev, the son-in-law
Darya Zerkalova
The Rich Woman With Books (segment "like Queen Margo")
Vladimir Maruta
Mitropolsky
Nikolai Plotnikov
Zhikaryov, icon painter
Mikhail Povolotsky
Sergei, the ship's waiter
Vyacheslav Novikov
Uncle Yakov Kashirin