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The Republic of ShKID
1966, Dec 29
1h 43m
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.
Directed by
Gennadi Poloka
Sergei Yursky
Vicknixor
Pavel Luspekayev
Kostalmed
Boris Lyoskin
Policeman
Viktor Perevalov
Goga
Mikhail Vasilyev
Yazykov
Vera Titova
Marta
Aleksandr Melnikov
Alnikpop
Aleksandr Kavalerov
Kostya Fedotov
Liliya Gurova
Head of Reception Centre
Anatoli Stolbov
Palvan
Yuliya Burygina
Elanlyum
Nikolai Godovikov
Street Urchin (uncredited)
Nikolay Kuzmin
Makarov
Anatoliy Podshivalov
Tsygan
Vladimir Vasilyev
School Principal
Violetta Zhukhimovich
Tonya Markoni
Vladimir Maksimov
School Principal
Galina Teplinskaya
Panteleyev's Mother
Tamara Kolesnikova
Nurse (uncredited)
Lyudmila Volynskaya
Amvon
Lev Vajnshtejn
Yankel
Yuri Rychkov
Kupa Kupych Genialniy
Georgy Kolosov
Meftakhutdyn
German Lupekin
Teacher
Aleksandr Tovstonogov
Dzhaparidze (Dze)
Vyacheslav Golubkov
Yaponets (Ionin)
Artur Isayev
Panteleyev
Anna Yesipovich
Vicknixor's Mother
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