On the day of his release from the school for criminally disposed children, Vitya waited in vain for his mother: rather than coming to get her son, she went to meet the returning ship bringing her husband, Vitya’s stepfather. A teacher, Alexei Ivanovich, took Vitya home. But when Vitya saw the group making merry in his home, his resentment prevailed, and the boy ran away... Source : www.lenfilm.ru