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.
| Directing | Mark Donskoy | Director |
| Writing | Mark Donskoy | Writer |
| Camera | Pyotr Yermolov | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Lev Shvarts | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Ivan Stepanov | Production Design |
| Writing | Ilya Gruzdev | Writer |
| Writing | Maxim Gorky | Book |