Seagulls Never Fly Here

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Bulat Mansurov

Writers

Yu. Borisovets, Viktor Astafyev, V. Dyachenko

Language

Russian

Country

Soviet Union

Release date

18 December 1978

Ensemble

Cast

• Misha Egorov

  Ilka Verstakov

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  Pavel Kadochnikov

  Uncle Roman

• Pyotr Kadochnikov

  Isusik

• 

  Leontij Polohov

  "Frying Pan"

• 

  Vyacheslav Voskresensky

  Trifon Letyaga

• 

  Ivan Savkin

  Azariy

• Andrey Torkhov

  Derikrup

• 

  Anatoliy Bystrov

  Gavrila

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  Yuriy Nazarov

  Verstakov, Ilka's Father

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  Lyubov Polekhina

  Ilka's Mother

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  Arina Aleynikova

  Ilka's Stepmother

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  Elena Melnikova

  Fesha