📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available:
Russian
📆 Date Released:
1966-12-29
⌚ Running Time:
103 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
6.542
Beloved Cast
Vicknixor
Sergei Yursky
Elanlyum
Yuliya Burygina
Kostalmed
Pavel Luspekayev
Alnikpop
Aleksandr Melnikov
Palvan
Anatoli Stolbov
Meftakhutdyn
Georgy Kolosov
Marta
Vera Titova
Tonya Markoni
Violetta Zhukhimovich
Yankel
Lev Vajnshtejn
Goga
Viktor Perevalov
Tsygan
Anatoliy Podshivalov
Kupa Kupych Genialniy
Yuri Rychkov
Dzhaparidze (Dze)
Aleksandr Tovstonogov
Yaponets (Ionin)
Vyacheslav Golubkov
Panteleyev
Artur Isayev
Kostya Fedotov
Aleksandr Kavalerov
School Principal
Vladimir Maksimov
School Principal
Vladimir Vasilyev
Yazykov
Mikhail Vasilyev
Amvon
Lyudmila Volynskaya
Vicknixor's Mother
Anna Yesipovich
Head of Reception Centre
Liliya Gurova
Panteleyev's Mother
Galina Teplinskaya
Makarov
Nikolay Kuzmin
Policeman
Boris Lyoskin
Teacher
German Lupekin
Nurse (uncredited)
Tamara Kolesnikova
Street Urchin (uncredited)
Nikolai Godovikov
