Road to Life (1931 film)
| Road to Life (Putyovka v zhizn) | |
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| Directed by | Nikolai Ekk |
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Nikolai Ekk Anton Semyonovich Makarenko |
| Starring |
Nikolai Batalov Yvan Kyrlya Mikhail Dzhagofarov |
| Music by | Yakov Stollyar |
| Cinematography | Vasili Pronin |
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Release date
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30 September 1931 (Germany) 27 January 1932 (USA) 22 February 1932 (Spain) 27 February 1959 (Finland) 8 July 2006 (Japan) |
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Running time
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119 Minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Road to Life (Russian: Путёвка в жизнь, translit. Putyovka v zhizn) is a 1931 drama film, directed and written by Nikolai Ekk. The film won an award at the 1932 Venice International Film Festival, which went to Nikolai Ekk for Most Convincing Director. It holds the distinction of being the very first film to be awarded the best director award on any film festival.
It was the first sound film in the Soviet Union.
In Moscow operates one of the countless gangs of street kids - Zhigan's gang. Boys who belong to it are the ones who have been living on the street for a long time. In December 1923 police forces conduct a raid, and catch about a thousand homeless children. Almost all of them are distributed to orphanages. But there are several dozens of minors who run away from all orphanages to which they are sent. For example, Mustafa has escaped 8 times and had to be returned 15 times by the authorities. What is one supposed to do with them? This leads to a decision to send them over to a house of correction, that is, a prison for minors.
Sergeev offers another solution: to create a labor commune. The children will work as carpenters, shoemakers, carpenters, remain free citizens, they will feed themselves. But not with theft, instead with work ... Good intentions as always, are good only in theory. In practice, the former street kids do not immediately become honest hard workers ...
The film's director Nikolai Ekk was named as the best director by a poll of viewers of the 1st Venice International Film Festival (1932).
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