26 December 1955 Drama 111 mins
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.
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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
Konstantin Mikhailov as Inspector Sharin
Aleksey Maslyukov Director
Mechislava Mayevskaya Director
Aleksey Maslyukov Writer
Anton Makarenko Novel
Iosif Manevich Writer
Ivan Shekker Director of Photography
Valentyna Tyshkovets Camera Operator
Anatoli Svechnikov Original Music Composer
Nina Avramenko Sound Director
Maksim Lipkin Production Design
Viktor Buzilevich First Assistant Director
I. Karpenko Editor
Konstantin Simeonov Conductor
Pedagogicheskaya Poema Trailer
Russia 26 December 1955
United States 27 December 1955
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Devoted to the reforging of homeless children into socialist citizens this film (one of the first Soviet sound movies) begins with a classic scene taken from the life ...
This is a Soviet film shot in 1931. Film only in Russian. Incidentally this is the first Soviet sound film.
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