
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.

as Vicknixor

as Elanlyum

as Kostalmed

as Alnikpop

as Palvan

as Meftakhutdyn

as Marta

as Tonya Markoni

as Yankel

as Goga

as Tsygan

as Kupa Kupych Genialniy

as Dzhaparidze (Dze)

as Yaponets (Ionin)

as Panteleyev

as Kostya Fedotov

as School Principal

as School Principal

as Yazykov

as Amvon

as Vicknixor's Mother

as Head of Reception Centre

as Panteleyev's Mother

as Makarov

as Policeman

as Teacher

as Nurse (uncredited)

as Street Urchin (uncredited)