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 Torkhov
Derikrup
Anatoliy Bystrov
Gavrila
Yuriy Nazarov
Verstakov, Ilka's Father
Lyubov Polekhina
Ilka's Mother
Arina Aleynikova
Ilka's Stepmother
Elena Melnikova
Fesha
The Son of a Thousand Men
In Bloom
A Tale of Three Sisters
Delta
Sibel
Ashes in the Snow
About Dry Grasses
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Euphoria
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