5.8
100 min
Young Maxim grows up under the czarist regime with his grandparents as guardians. Continually demeaned by his martinet grandfather, Maxim is drawn to his warm-hearted grandmother, who instills in him the willingness to pursue his writing muse.
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Aleksei Lyarsky | Aleksei Peshkov | Unowned |
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Varvara Massalitinova | Akulina Ivanva Kashirin | Unowned |
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Mikhail Troyanovsky | Vasili Vasilyevich Kashirin | Unowned |
| Yelizaveta Alekseyeva | Varvara Kashirina Peshkova | Unowned | |
| Aleksandr Zhukov | Mikhail Kashirin, an uncle | Unowned | |
| K. Zubkov | Old Grigori | Unowned | |
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Daniil Sagal | Vanya, aka 'Gypsy' | Unowned |
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Sergey Tikhonravov | The Lodger | Unowned |
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Vyacheslav Novikov | Yakov Kashirin | Unowned |
| Igor Smirnov | Alexei, aka 'Lenka' or 'Lex', a crippled boy | Unowned | |
| E. Mamaev | Sacha Kashirin, nephew | Unowned | |
| V. Korochentchikov | Mikhail's son, also named Sacha | Unowned | |
| Valentin Korneyev | Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| A. Lebedev | Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Vladimir Maslatsov | Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Nikolay Pogodin | Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited) | Unowned |
| B. Radkevich | Member of 'The Gang' (uncredited) | Unowned |