"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
as
Ivan Zacharzhevsky
as Ill boy
Konstantin Mikhailov
as Inspector Sharin
Aleksey Maslyukov
Director
Mechislava Mayevskaya
Writer
Anton Makarenko
Novel
Iosif Manevich
Galina Makarenko
Script Consultant
Ivan Shekker
Director of Photography
Andrey Bocharov
Second Unit Director
Valentyna Tyshkovets
Camera Operator
Anatoli Svechnikov
Original Music Composer
Nina Avramenko
Sound Director
Maksim Lipkin
Production Design
Galina Nesterovskaya
Costume Design
N. Tikhonova
Makeup & Hair
Viktor Buzilevich
First Assistant Director
I. Karpenko
Editor
Aleksandr Pereguda
Script Editor
Sergey Vasilyev
Lyricist
I. Tregubova
VFX Director of Photography
S. Starov
VFX Supervisor
Konstantin Simeonov
Conductor
Mikhail Rotleyder
Executive Producer