The Republic of ShKID

6.5
19661h 43m

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.

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Photo of Sergei Yursky

Sergei Yursky

Vicknixor

Photo of Georgy Kolosov

Georgy Kolosov

Meftakhutdyn

Photo of Yuri Rychkov

Yuri Rychkov

Kupa Kupych Genialniy

Photo of Aleksandr Kavalerov

Aleksandr Kavalerov

Kostya Fedotov

Photo of Vladimir Maksimov

Vladimir Maksimov

School Principal

Photo of Vladimir Vasilyev

Vladimir Vasilyev

School Principal

Photo of Liliya Gurova

Liliya Gurova

Head of Reception Centre

Photo of Galina Teplinskaya

Galina Teplinskaya

Panteleyev's Mother

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