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