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
Ilka Verstakov
Pavel Kadochnikov
Uncle Roman
Pyotr Kadochnikov
Isusik
Leontij Polohov
"Frying Pan"
Vyacheslav Voskresensky
Trifon Letyaga
Ivan Savkin
Azariy
Andrey Torhov
Derikrup
Anatoliy Bystrov
Gavrila
Yuriy Nazarov
Verstakov, Ilka's Father
Lyubov Polekhina
Ilka's Mother
Arina Aleynikova
Ilka's Stepmother
Elena Melnikova
Fesha
Vladimir Gusev
Fesha's Husband
Bulat Mansurov
Director
Writer
Eduard Tropinin
Viktor Astafyev
Original Story
Genri Abramyan
Camera Operator
Aleksandr Lunacharsky
Music
