While a factory director is distracted by production problems, his adolescent son suffers from loneliness. His mother is dead, and the father – a kind man and exemplary communist, winner of a Lenin Prize – is unable to find the time to educate his son, or a way to express his feelings. After an argument, the young boy runs away and, at his own risk, joins a band of criminals.
as Pyotr Volkov
as Boris Volkov
as Party committee secretary
as Watchman
as Nanny
as Valya's mother
as Semechkin
as School teacher
as Crook
as Thiefs gang member (uncredited)
as Worker on the meeting
as (uncredited)
as Foreman (uncredited)
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Thiefs gang member (uncredited)
as Policeman (uncredited)
