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Road to Life

Film

Road to Life

4.3

1h 51m

1955

Synopsis

In 1920 Poltava, Ukraine, the first Soviet colony for street boys was created. This film tells the story of these rebellious kids and how the colony's director sought to rehabilitate them by allowing them to govern themselves.

Director

Mechislava Mayevskaya

Aleksey Maslyukov

Drama

historical event

Cast & Crew

Vladimir Yemelyanov

Vladimir Yemelyanov

as Anton Semyonovich Makarenko

Georgiy Yumatov

Georgiy Yumatov

as Sasha Zadorov

Yuriy Sarantsev

Yuriy Sarantsev

as Grisha Burun

Yulian Panich

Yulian Panich

as Semyen Karabanov

Rolan Bykov

Rolan Bykov

as Stepan Perets

Pavel Kadochnikov

Pavel Kadochnikov

as Aleksei Maximovich "Maxim" Gorky

Yelena Litskanovich

Yelena Litskanovich

as Yekaterina Grigoryevna

Misha Chernov

as Anton Semyenovich "Toska" Solovyev

Konstantin Bartashevich

Konstantin Bartashevich

as Chairman of Public Education

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