"Siberia, 1930s. Ten-year-old Ilka runs away from home to escape his stepmother and joins a team of loggers rafting wood along the Mana River. Here, the young hero learns the dangerous trade and finds friends."
Misha Egorov
as Ilka Verstakov
Pavel Kadochnikov
as Uncle Roman
Pyotr Kadochnikov
as Isusik
Leontij Polohov
as "Frying Pan"
Vyacheslav Voskresensky
as Trifon Letyaga
Ivan Savkin
as Azariy
Andrey Torhov
as Derikrup
Anatoliy Bystrov
as Gavrila
Yuriy Nazarov
as Verstakov, Ilka's Father
Lyubov Polekhina
as Ilka's Mother
Arina Aleynikova
as Ilka's Stepmother
Elena Melnikova
as Fesha
Vladimir Gusev
as Fesha's Husband
Eduard Tropinin
Writer
Bulat Mansurov
Director
Viktor Astafyev
Original Story
Genri Abramyan
Camera Operator
Aleksandr Lunacharsky
Music