"Young hobos are taken to a new camp to become good Soviet citizens. This camp works without any guards, and it works well. But crooks kill one of the young people when they try to damage the newly built railroad to the camp."
Nikolai Batalov
as Николай Иванович Сергеев, организатор трудовой коммуны
Yvan Kyrlya
as Мустафа «Ферт»
Mikhail Zharov
as Фомка «Жиган»
Vladimir Uralskiy
as Head of children allocation (uncredited)
Rina Zelyonaya
as девушка из «малины» Жигана
Georgi Zhzhyonov
as (нет в титрах)
Vasiliy Kachalov
as вступительное и заключительное слово
Aleksander Novikov
as Васька «Буза»
Mariya Andropova
as детский соц.инспектор Мария Скрябина
Vladimir Vesnovsky
as отец Кольки
Mariya Gonfa
as Лелька «Мазиха»
M. Libakov-Ilyinskiy
as эпизод (нет в титрах)
Viktor Lazarev
as
Lev Kovylin
as Street child
Nikolai Ekk
Director
Aleksandr Stolper
Writer
Anton Makarenko
Novel
Vasily Pronin
Director of Photography
Yevgeni Nesterov
Sound
Yakov Stollyar
Original Music Composer
Aleksandr Evmenenko
Set Designer
Ivan Stepanov
Production Design
Regina Yanushkevich