The Republic of ShKID
Overview
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.
About The Republic of ShKID (1966)
Released in 1966, The Republic of ShKID is a family, comedy and drama film from Lenfilm (Soviet Union). It was directed by Gennadi Poloka and written by Leonid Panteleyev. The cast is led by Sergei Yursky, Yuliya Burygina, Pavel Luspekayev, Aleksandr Melnikov and Anatoli Stolbov. With a runtime of 1h 43m, the film averages 6.7/10 across 41 TMDB ratings.
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