Road to Life (1955) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1955 · 111 mins · Russian

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Directed by

Mechislava Mayevskaya, Aleksey Maslyukov

Starring

Rolan Bykov, Georgiy Yumatov, Pavel Kadochnikov, Yuriy Sarantsev, Aleksandr Denisov, Yulian Panich

In 1920, Poltava, Ukraine, the Soviet authorities opened the first colony for street children. The film follows a band of rebellious boys and the colony’s director, who tries to reform them by granting self‑governance, hoping responsibility and communal rules will lead to rehabilitation.