The Republic of ShKID
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
Sergei Yursky
VicknixorYuliya Burygina
ElanlyumPavel Luspekayev
KostalmedVera Titova
MartaLev Vajnshtejn
YankelViktor Perevalov
GogaAleksandr Kavalerov
Kostya Fedotov (segment "Mamochka")Yuri Rychkov
Kupa Kupych Genialniy (as Yura Rychkov)Nikolai Godovikov
Anatoliy Podshivalov
Tsygan (as Tolya Podshivalov)Aleksandr Melnikov
AlnikpopAnatoli Stolbov
Palvan