The Republic of ShKID
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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.
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Sergei Yursky
Vicknixor
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Gennadi Poloka Director · Leonid Panteleyev Screenplay Grigori Belykh Author
Director
Gennadi Poloka
Screenplay Author
Leonid Panteleyev
Author
Grigori Belykh
Composer
Sergei Slonimsky
Cinematographer
Aleksandr Chechulin
Cinematographer
Dmitriy Dolinin
Editor
Aleksandr Ivanovsky
Production designer
Nikolai Suvorov
Production designer
Yevgeni Gukov
Costume designer
Yelena Amshinskaya
First release December 29, 1966 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Республика ШКИД
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Russia · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Республика ШКИД
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 29, 1966
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No release date listed for United States.
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