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The Republic of ShKID (1966)

The Republic of ShKID (1966)

Drama Comedy Family
Release Date: 1966, December 29
Directors: Gennadi Poloka
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Lenfilm
Cast: Boris Lyoskin, Anatoliy Podshivalov, Vladimir Vasilyev, Aleksandr Melnikov, Sergei Yursky, Tamara Kolesnikova, Yuri Rychkov, Liliya Gurova, Aleksandr Kavalerov, Nikolay Kuzmin, Vera Titova, Anatoli Stolbov

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

russian history school principal street urchin youth correctional facility eccentric leader