The Republic of ShKID

Dec 29, 1966

1h 43m

★ 6.5

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.

Genres

Family

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Lenfilm

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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

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