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Road to Life (1931)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 48M

Director : Nikolai Ekk

Synopsis

Young hobos are taken to a new camp to become good Soviet citizens. This camp works without any guards, and it works well. But crooks kill one of the young people when they try to damage the newly built railroad to the camp.

Actors

Nikolai Batalov
Nikolai Batalov
Nikolai Sergeiev
Yvan Kyrlya
Yvan Kyrlya
'Dandy' Mustapha
Mikhail Zharov
Mikhail Zharov
Tomka Zhigan, leader of the wild boys
Vladimir Uralsky
Vladimir Uralsky
Rina Zelyonaya
Rina Zelyonaya
Georgi Zhzhyonov
Georgi Zhzhyonov
Aleksander Novikov
Aleksander Novikov
Vasha Busa, a Wild Boy
Mariya Andropova
Mariya Andropova
Maria Skriabina, social worker
Vladimir Vesnovsky
Vladimir Vesnovsky
Mr. Rebrov
Mariya Gonfa
Mariya Gonfa
Lelka, aka 'Merizhka'
Vasiliy Kachalov
Vasiliy Kachalov
introduction and final speech

Crews

Nikolai Ekk
Nikolai Ekk
Director
Aleksandr Stolper
Aleksandr Stolper
Writer
Nikolai Ekk
Nikolai Ekk
Writer
Anton Makarenko
Anton Makarenko
Novel
Yakov Stollyar
Yakov Stollyar
Original Music Composer
Vasily Pronin
Vasily Pronin
Director of Photography
Aleksandr Evmenenko
Aleksandr Evmenenko
Set Designer
Ivan Stepanov
Ivan Stepanov
Set Designer
Yevgeni Nesterov
Yevgeni Nesterov
Sound

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