The Republic of ShKID

IMDb 6.5 1966 β€’ 103 min β€’ FamilyComedyDrama

Director

Gennadi Poloka

Country

SU

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Sergei Yursky
Sergei Yursky Vicknixor
Yuliya Burygina
Yuliya Burygina Elanlyum
Pavel Luspekayev
Pavel Luspekayev Kostalmed
Aleksandr Melnikov
Aleksandr Melnikov Alnikpop
Anatoli Stolbov
Anatoli Stolbov Palvan