
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.
Top Billed Cast

Sergei Yursky
Vicknixor

Yuliya Burygina
Elanlyum

Pavel Luspekayev
Kostalmed

Vera Titova
Marta

Lev Vajnshtejn
Yankel
Featured Crew

Gennadi Poloka
Director
Aleksandr Ivanovsky
Editor
Aleksandr Chechulin
Director of Photography
Sergei Slonimsky
Original Music Composer
Grigori Belykh
Story
Leonid Panteleyev
Story

Dmitriy Dolinin
Director of Photography