The first Russian talking picture which won a prize at the 1st Venice IFF. The action is set in 1923. The USSR is struggling with hunger and economic ruin. It is a story of homeless teenagers for whom a work commune is set up with the idea of uniting and reforming them.
Nikolai Ekk
Director, Writer
Aleksandr Stolper
Writer
Regina Yanushkevich
Writer
Nikolai Batalov
Николай Иванович Сергеев, организатор трудовой коммуны
Yvan Kyrlya
Мустафа «Ферт»
Mikhail Zharov
Фомка «Жиган»
Vladimir Uralskiy
Head of children allocation (uncredited)
Rina Zelyonaya
девушка из «малины» Жигана
Georgi Zhzhyonov
(нет в титрах)
Vasiliy Kachalov
вступительное и заключительное слово
Aleksander Novikov
Васька «Буза»
Mariya Andropova
детский соц.инспектор Мария Скрябина
Полеты во сне и наяву64%
Cardboard Boxer63%
Конец Санкт-Петербурга67%
My Dinner with Hervé63%
Fast Girls60%
Hands of Stone66%
TalhotBlond63%
Come Sunday58%
O.G.59%
Eleanor the Great68%
Adopt a Highway66%
Pimp62%
La joven69%
Skin64%
Salomé62%
Gigi & Nate76%
Girl in the Box67%
Amateur63%
Babylon69%
Normal66%
