Road to Life
1955, Russian. Directed by Mechislava Mayevskaya & Aleksey Maslyukov.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Mechislava MayevskayaDirector
- Aleksey MaslyukovDirector
- Vladimir YemelyanovAnton Semyonovich Makarenko
- Georgiy YumatovSasha Zadorov
- Yuriy SarantsevGrisha Burun
- Yulian PanichSemyen Karabanov
- Rolan BykovStepan Perets
- Pavel KadochnikovAleksei Maximovich "Maxim" Gorky
- Yelena LitskanovichYekaterina Grigoryevna
- Misha ChernovAnton Semyenovich "Toska" Solovyev
- Konstantin BartashevichChairman of Public Education
- Vladimir BoriskinKovrakh
- Mykhailo PokotyloKalina Ivanovich
- Aleksandr DenisovCast
Details
- Released
- 26 December 1955
- Original title
- Педагогическая поэма
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Iosif Manevich, Aleksey Maslyukov
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What Road to Life is based on
Road to Life is based on The Pedagogical Poem (1935) by Anton Makarenko, published by Khudozhestvennaya Literatura.
1935
The Pedagogical Poem
By Anton Makarenko
Published by Khudozhestvennaya Literatura
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Road to Life runs 111 minutes (1h 51m).
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Which OTT platform is Road to Life on?
Road to Life isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 26 December 1955. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like Road to Life?
If you liked Road to Life, try Girl in the Box, Hands of Stone, O.G..
Who directed Road to Life?
Road to Life (1955) was directed by Mechislava Mayevskaya and Aleksey Maslyukov and stars Vladimir Yemelyanov, Georgiy Yumatov, Yuriy Sarantsev.
What is Road to Life based on?
Road to Life is based on The Pedagogical Poem (1935) by Anton Makarenko, published by Khudozhestvennaya Literatura.