Aleksei Lyarsky

Aleksei Peshkov (later, Maxim Gorky)

Irina Zarubina

Natalya, the washer-woman

Varvara Massalitinova

Akulina Ivanovna Kashirina

Ye. 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

Vasili 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