Released:
1934-04-01

Overview:
A coming-of-age story about a flute-playing boy (Yyvan Kyrla) from the Mari people, a national minority who lived near the Volga, and how he is educated by the Soviet state.

Directors:
Mark Donskoy, Vladimir Legoshin

Runtime:
1h 25min

Genre:

• Cast:
• 
  Mikhail Viktorov
  as
  Кавырля Сырлаев/ Миша Эшпай
• 
  Vladimir Gardin
  as
  Карл Францевич Виатачек
• 
  Yanina Zheymo
  as
  Анук
• 
  Boris Tenin
  as
  Горох / Цыбуля
• 
  Boris Chirkov
  as
  Head of the political education department