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
Anton Semyonovich Makarenko
Georgiy Yumatov
Sasha Zadorov
Yuriy Sarantsev
Grisha Burun
Yulian Panich
Semyen Karabanov
Rolan Bykov
Stepan Perets
Pavel Kadochnikov
Aleksei Maximovich "Maxim" Gorky
Yelena Litskanovich
Yekaterina Grigoryevna
Misha Chernov
Anton Semyenovich "Toska" Solovyev
Konstantin Bartashevich
Chairman of Public Education
Vladimir Boriskin
Kovrakh
Mykhailo Pokotylo
Kalina Ivanovich
Aleksandr Denisov
