Siberia, 1930s. Ten-year-old Ilka runs away from home to escape his stepmother and joins a team of loggers rafting wood along the Mana River. Here, the young hero learns the dangerous trade and finds friends.
Cast
Misha Egorov
Ilka Verstakov
Pavel Kadochnikov
Uncle Roman
Pyotr Kadochnikov
Isusik
Leontij Polohov
"Frying Pan"
Vyacheslav Voskresensky
Trifon Letyaga
Ivan Savkin
Azariy
Andrey Torhov
Derikrup
Anatoliy Bystrov
Gavrila
Yuriy Nazarov
Verstakov, Ilka's Father
Lyubov Polekhina
Ilka's Mother
Arina Aleynikova
Ilka's Stepmother
Elena Melnikova
Fesha
Vladimir Gusev
Fesha's Husband
Crew
Bulat Mansurov
Director, Writer
Eduard Tropinin
Writer
V. Dyachenko
Script Editor
Viktor Astafyev
Novel, Lyricist
Lyubov Butuzova
Editor
Genri Abramyan
Director of Photography
V. Zinchenko
First Assistant Director
Mikhail Lanchava
Second Assistant Director
T. Kozlova
Assistant Director
Gennadiy Amanov
Assistant Director
Yekaterina Solovyova
Executive Producer
Aleksei Lebedev
Production Design
Yu. Ivlev
Camera Operator
Valeriy Kurakin
Camera Operator
Viktor Logunov
Assistant Camera
V. Popov
Assistant Camera
L. Yermakov
Assistant Camera
Aleksandra Zbarskaya
Costume Design
L. Savenkova
Makeup Artist
Valentina Alexeyeva
Sound Director
Irina Ivanova
VFX Artist
Vsevolod Yakubovich
VFX Director of Photography
Aleksandr Lunacharsky
Original Music Composer
Alexander Belyayev
Music Editor
Artur Eizen
Songs
Yu. Borisovets
Script Consultant
A. Yemelyanov
Script Consultant
Yuri Serebryakov
Conductor