The Republic of ShKID (1966)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1966-12-29
Runtime: 103 minutes
Director: Gennadi Poloka
Top Cast
- Sergei Yursky as Vicknixor
- Yuliya Burygina as Elanlyum
- Pavel Luspekayev as Kostalmed
- Aleksandr Melnikov as Alnikpop
- Anatoli Stolbov as Palvan
- Georgy Kolosov as Meftakhutdyn
- Vera Titova as Marta
- Violetta Zhukhimovich as Tonya Markoni
- Lev Vajnshtejn as Yankel
- Viktor Perevalov as Goga
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