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
Nikolai Plotnikov
Zhikaryov, icon painter
Vladimir Maruta
Mitropolsky
Mikhail Troyanovsky
Grandfather Kachirin
Nikolai Valbert
Irina Zarubina
Natalya, the washer-woman
Ivan Kudryavtsev
Sergeyev, the son-in-law
Vyacheslav Novikov
Uncle Yakov Kashirin
Ivan Chuvelyov
Sitanev, craftsman
Elizaveta Lilina
Matriona Ivanovna
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
Aleksei Lyarsky
Aleksei Peshkov (later, Maxim Gorky)
Varvara Massalitinova
Akulina Ivanovna Kashirina