In 1920 Poltava, Ukraine, the first Soviet colony for street boys was created. This film tells the story of these rebellious kids and how the colony's director sought to rehabilitate them by allowing them to govern themselves.
Cast
Vladimir Yemelyanov
Anton Semyonovich Makarenko
Georgiy Yumatov
Sasha Zadorov
Yuriy Sarantsev
Grisha Burun
Yulian Panich
Semyen Karabanov
Rolan Bykov
Stepan Perets
Pavel Kadochnikov
Aleksei Maximovich "Maxim" Gorky
Yelena Litskanovich
Yekaterina Grigoryevna
Misha Chernov
Anton Semyenovich "Toska" Solovyev
Konstantin Bartashevich
Chairman of Public Education
Vladimir Boriskin
Kovrakh
Mykhailo Pokotylo
Kalina Ivanovich
Aleksandr Denisov
Unknown
Ivan Zacharzhevsky
Ill boy
Konstantin Mikhailov
Inspector Sharin
Crew
Mechislava Mayevskaya
Director
Aleksey Maslyukov
Director, Writer
Iosif Manevich
Writer
Aleksandr Pereguda
Script Editor
Anton Makarenko
Novel
I. Karpenko
Editor
Ivan Shekker
Director of Photography
Viktor Buzilevich
First Assistant Director
Mikhail Rotleyder
Executive Producer
Maksim Lipkin
Production Design
Valentyna Tyshkovets
Camera Operator
G. Nesterovskaya
Costume Design
N. Tikhonova
Makeup & Hair
Andrey Bocharov
Second Unit Director
Nina Avramenko
Sound Director
S. Starov
VFX Supervisor
I. Tregubova
VFX Director of Photography
Anatoli Svechnikov
Original Music Composer
Sergey Vasilyev
Lyricist
Galina Makarenko
Script Consultant
Konstantin Simeonov
Conductor
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