Aleksei Peshkov (later, Maxim Gorky)

Natalya, the washer-woman

Akulina Ivanovna Kashirina

Matriona Ivanovna

Sergeyev, the son-in-law

Ivanovna-Sergeyeva, daughter

Viktor Ivanov, son

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

Smury, the cook

Sergei, the ship's waiter

Ship's Steward

Grandfather Kachirin

Uncle Yakov Kashirin

Zhikaryov, icon painter

Ivan Larionovich

Sitanev, craftsman

Kapendiukin

Mitropolsky