The Republic of ShKID (1966)
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.
Director:
Gennadi Poloka
Writer:
Leonid Panteleyev
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Sergei Yursky as Vicknixor |
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Yuliya Burygina as Elanlyum |
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Pavel Luspekayev as Kostalmed |
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Aleksandr Melnikov as Alnikpop |
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Anatoli Stolbov as Palvan |
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Georgy Kolosov as Meftakhutdyn |
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Vera Titova as Marta |
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Violetta Zhukhimovich as Tonya Markoni |
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Lev Vajnshtejn as Yankel |
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Viktor Perevalov as Goga |
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Anatoliy Podshivalov as Tsygan |
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Yuri Rychkov as Kupa Kupych Genialniy |
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Aleksandr Tovstonogov as Dzhaparidze (Dze) |
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Vyacheslav Golubkov as Yaponets (Ionin) |
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Artur Isayev as Panteleyev |
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Aleksandr Kavalerov as Kostya Fedotov |
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Vladimir Maksimov as School Principal |
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Vladimir Vasilyev as School Principal |
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Mikhail Vasilyev as Yazykov |
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Lyudmila Volynskaya as Amvon |
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Anna Yesipovich as Vicknixor's Mother |
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Liliya Gurova as Head of Reception Centre |
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Galina Teplinskaya as Panteleyev's Mother |
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Nikolay Kuzmin as Makarov |
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Boris Lyoskin as Policeman |
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German Lupekin as Teacher |
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Tamara Kolesnikova as Nurse (uncredited) |
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Nikolai Godovikov as Street Urchin (uncredited) |
| Directing | Gennadi Poloka | Director |
| Camera | Dmitriy Dolinin | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Aleksandr Chechulin | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Sergei Slonimsky | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Aleksandr Ivanovsky | Editor |
| Writing | Leonid Panteleyev | Book |
| Writing | Grigori Belykh | Book |
| Writing | Leonid Panteleyev | Screenplay |
| Art | Nikolai Suvorov | Production Design |
| Art | Yevgeni Gukov | Production Design |
| Directing | G. Tsorin | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Galina Gavrilova | Sound Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yelena Amshinskaya | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yevgeniya Boreyko | Makeup & Hair |
| Camera | N. Rodionov | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Mikhail Kuraev | Script Editor |
| Directing | I. Ivanov | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | V. Zhuravlyova | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Vladimir Solovyov | Assistant Camera |
| Art | B. Dyshlenko | Assistant Production Design |
| Sound | Leo Korkhin | Conductor |
| Production | Iosif Shurukht | Producer |
