在这部“陀校”共和国喜剧/剧情/家庭片中,1920年代，苏联逐渐从革命和内战中恢复过来，但全国共有近4百万流浪青少年徘徊街头，给社会治安带来很大影响。于是契卡决定在各地建立专门学校，改造这些流浪儿童，帮助他们重新融入社会。彼得格勒的“陀思妥耶夫斯基公社学校”（“陀校”）就是一所这样的机构。然而被送进来的学生却都负隅顽抗，在学校制造各种事端。校长维克托·尼古拉耶维奇·索罗金（“维尼索”）却决定不和他们硬碰硬，而是顺势而为，春风化雨。于是，学员们成立了“陀校共和国”，准备放手大干一场……
The film is based on the eponymous book, written by two former street gangsters - Grigori Belykh and Leonid Panteleyev. Film is set in the 1920s St. Petersburg, Russia. Streets of the city are full of the homeless boys. They are caught to be raised and educated at the correction school named after Dostoevsky. The boys are street smart and difficult. But the faculty stands up to the challenge. The teaches are being devoted and caring, and gradually win the respect of the most difficult kids. The school director (Yursky) is a refined intellectual, who becomes a role model for the boys.
