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Release Date: 29 Thu, Dec 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.
as Vicknixor
as Elanlyum
as Kostalmed
as Alnikpop
as Palvan
as Meftakhutdyn
as Marta
as Tonya Markoni
as Yankel
as Goga
as Tsygan
as Kupa Kupych Genialniy
as Dzhaparidze (Dze)
as Yaponets (Ionin)
as Panteleyev
as Kostya Fedotov
as School Principal
as School Principal
as Yazykov
as Amvon
as Vicknixor's Mother
as Head of Reception Centre
as Panteleyev's Mother
as Makarov
as Policeman
as Teacher
as Nurse (uncredited)
as Street Urchin (uncredited)
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