On His Own (1939) movie

In the family there was no money at all. The grandmother has sent Alexey to training in drawing craft to the distant relatives. Everything was limited to dirty housework. Having consulted to the grandmother, Alexey has made the decision to leave Nizhny Novgorod and to try the luck somewhere else in the huge country.

On His Own (1939) movie

Genres: Biography, Drama
Production Co: Soyuzdetfilm

Directed by Mark Donskoy
Writing Credits: Mark Donskoy, Maxim Gorky (book), Ilya Gruzdev
Music by Lev Shvarts
Cinematography by Pyotr Yermolov
Art Direction by I. Platonov

Cast:
Aleksei Lyarsky as Aleksei Peshkov (later, Maxim Gorky)
Irina Zarubina as Natalya, the washer-woman
Varvara Massalitinova as Akulina Ivanovna Kashirina
Ye. Lilina as Matriona Ivanovna
Ivan Kudryavtsev as Sergeyev, the son-in-law
Nadezhda Berezovskaya as Ivanovna-Sergeyeva, daughter
Ye. Seleznyov as Viktor Ivanov, son
Darya Zerkalova as The Rich Woman With Books
Aleksandr Timontayev as Smury, the cook
Mikhail Povolotsky as Sergei, the ship's waiter
Nikolay Gorlov as Ship's Steward
Mikhail Troyanovsky as Grandfather Kachirin
Vyacheslav Novikov as Uncle Yakov Kashirin (as V. Novikov)
Nikolai Plotnikov as Zhikaryov, icon painter
N. Chugunov as Ivan Larionovich
Ivan Chuvelyov as Sitanev, craftsman
V. Terentyev as Kapendiukin
Vladimir Maruta as Mitropolsky