
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.

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.
Aleksey MaslyukovDirector
Vladimir YemelyanovAnton Semyonovich Makarenko
Georgiy YumatovSasha Zadorov
Yuriy SarantsevGrisha Burun
Yulian PanichSemyen Karabanov
Rolan BykovStepan Perets
Pavel KadochnikovAleksei Maximovich "Maxim" Gorky
Yelena LitskanovichYekaterina Grigoryevna