
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.
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Cast
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
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