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