V ludah

Aleksej Larskij

Aleksei Peshkov (later, Maxim Gorky)

Irina Zarubina

Natalya, the washer-woman

Varvara Massalitinova

Akulina Ivanovna Kashirina

Elizaveta Lilina

Matriona Ivanovna

Ivan Kudravcev

Sergeyev, the son-in-law

N. Berezovskaya

Ivanovna-Sergeyeva, daughter

Ye. Seleznyov

Viktor Ivanov, son

Dar'a Zerkalova

The Rich Woman With Books (segment "like Queen Margo")

Aleksandr Timontaev

Smury, the cook

Mikhail Povolotsky

Sergei, the ship's waiter

Nikolaj Gorlov

Ship's Steward

Mihail Troanovskij

Grandfather Kachirin

Vaceslav Novikov

Uncle Yakov Kashirin

Nikolaj Plotnikov

Zhikaryov, icon painter

N. Chugunov

Ivan Larionovich

Ivan Cuvelev

Sitanev, craftsman

V. Terentyev

Kapendiukin

Vladimir Maruta

Mitropolsky

Nikolaj Val'bert