Overview
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.
Cast
- 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 Torkhov as Derikrup
- Anatoliy Bystrov as Gavrila
- Yuriy Nazarov as Verstakov, Ilka's Father
- Lyubov Polekhina as Ilka's Mother