The Republic of ShKID
29/12/1966
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.
Movie Information
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
Anatoliy Podshivalov
as Tsygan
Yuri Rychkov
as Kupa Kupych Genialniy
Aleksandr Tovstonogov
as Dzhaparidze (Dze)
Vyacheslav Golubkov
as Yaponets (Ionin)
Artur Isayev
as Panteleyev
Aleksandr Kavalerov
as Kostya Fedotov
Vladimir Maksimov
as School Principal
Vladimir Vasilyev
as School Principal
Mikhail Vasilyev
as Yazykov
Lyudmila Volynskaya
as Amvon
Anna Yesipovich
as Vicknixor's Mother
Liliya Gurova
as Head of Reception Centre
Galina Teplinskaya
as Panteleyev's Mother
Nikolay Kuzmin
as Makarov
Boris Lyoskin
as Policeman
German Lupekin
as Teacher
Tamara Kolesnikova
as Nurse (uncredited)
Nikolai Godovikov
as Street Urchin (uncredited)
