The Republic of ShKID

The story

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.

Cast

S Sergei YurskyVicknixor Y Yuliya BuryginaElanlyum P Pavel LuspekayevKostalmed A Aleksandr MelnikovAlnikpop A Anatoli StolbovPalvan G Georgy KolosovMeftakhutdyn V Vera TitovaMarta V Violetta ZhukhimovichTonya Markoni L Lev VajnshtejnYankel V Viktor PerevalovGoga A Anatoliy PodshivalovTsygan Y Yuri RychkovKupa Kupych Genialniy

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A Aleksandr TovstonogovDzhaparidze (Dze) V Vyacheslav GolubkovYaponets (Ionin) A Artur IsayevPanteleyev A Aleksandr KavalerovKostya Fedotov V Vladimir MaksimovSchool Principal V Vladimir VasilyevSchool Principal M Mikhail VasilyevYazykov L Lyudmila VolynskayaAmvon A Anna YesipovichVicknixor's Mother L Liliya GurovaHead of Reception Centre G Galina TeplinskayaPanteleyev's Mother N Nikolay KuzminMakarov B Boris LyoskinPoliceman G German LupekinTeacher T Tamara KolesnikovaNurse (uncredited) N Nikolai GodovikovStreet Urchin (uncredited)