Aleksei Peshkov (later, Maxim Gorky) (as Alyosha Lyarsky)
Akulina Ivanva Kashirin, grandmother
Vasili Vasilyevich Kashirin, grandfather
Varvara Kashirina Peshkova, mother (as E. Alekseeva)
Uncle Yakov Kashirin (as V. Novikov)
Mikhail Kashirin, an uncle
Old Grigori
Ivan, aka 'Gypsy'
The Lodger (as S. Tikhonravov)
Alexei, aka 'Lenka' or 'Lex', a crippled boy
Sacha Kashirin, nephew
Mikhail's son, also named Sacha
Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited)