

111 minutes
12/26/1955
In 1920 Poltava, Ukraine, the first Soviet colony for street boys was created. This film tells the story of these rebellious kids and how the colony's director sought to rehabilitate them by allowing them to govern themselves.

Vladimir Yemelyanov
as Anton Semyonovich Makarenko

Georgiy Yumatov
as Sasha Zadorov

Yuriy Sarantsev
as Grisha Burun

Yulian Panich
as Semyen Karabanov

Rolan Bykov
as Stepan Perets

Pavel Kadochnikov
as Aleksei Maximovich "Maxim" Gorky

Yelena Litskanovich
as Yekaterina Grigoryevna
Misha Chernov
as Anton Semyenovich "Toska" Solovyev

Konstantin Bartashevich
as Chairman of Public Education

Vladimir Boriskin
as Kovrakh
Mykhailo Pokotylo
as Kalina Ivanovich
Aleksandr Denisov