Genres
Production Companies
The Republic of ShKID (Республика ШКИД)
Overview
The film is based on the eponymous book, written by two former street gangsters - Grigori Belykh and Leonid Panteleyev. Film is set in the 1920s St. Petersburg, Russia. Streets of the city are full of the homeless boys. They are caught to be raised and educated at the correction school named after Dostoevsky. The boys are street smart and difficult. But the faculty stands up to the challenge. The teaches are being devoted and caring, and gradually win the respect of the most difficult kids. The school director Vicknixor is a refined intellectual, who becomes a role model for the boys.
Key Crew
Director: Gennadi Poloka
Director of Photography: Aleksandr Chechulin, Dmitriy Dolinin
Story: Grigori Belykh, Leonid Panteleyev
Top Cast
Sergei Yursky
Vicknixor
Yuliya Burygina
Elanlyum
Pavel Luspekayev
Kostalmed
Vera Titova
Marta
Lev Vajnshtejn
Yankel
Viktor Perevalov
Goga
Aleksandr Kavalerov
Kostya Fedotov (segment "Mamochka")
Yuri Rychkov
Kupa Kupych Genialniy (as Yura Rychkov)
