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

Vicknixor

Yuliya Burygina

Elanlyum

Pavel Luspekayev

Kostalmed

Aleksandr Melnikov

Alnikpop

Anatoli Stolbov

Palvan

Georgy Kolosov

Meftakhutdyn

Vera Titova

Marta

Violetta Zhukhimovich

Tonya Markoni

Lev Vajnshtejn

Yankel

Viktor Perevalov

Goga