Road to Life (1955 film)

Road to Life (Педагогическая поэма)
Directed by	Aleksei Maslyukov Mechislava Mayevskaya
Written by	Aleksandr Makarenko Iosif Manevich Aleksei Maslyukov
Produced by	A. Bocharov V. Buzhilevich
Starring	Vladimir Yemelyanov Georgi Yumatov
Cinematography	Ivan Shekker
Edited by	I. Karpenko
Music by	Anatoly Svechnikov
Release date	1955 (1955)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Road to Life (Russian: Педагогическая поэма, translit. Pedagogicheskaya poema) is a 1955 Soviet biographical drama film directed by Aleksei Maslyukov and Mechislava Mayevskaya and based on the book by Anton Makarenko. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Plot

The story takes place in 1920. The first colony for homeless children, named after Gorky, was established in the village of Rakitnoye near Poltava. The children undergo a challenging journey from homelessness to becoming a cohesive community, overcoming hardships and adversities alongside the adults.

Cast

• Vladimir Yemelyanov as Anton Semyonovich Makarenko
• Georgi Yumatov as Sasha Zadorov
• Mikhail Pokotilo as Kalina Ivanovich
• Yelena Litskanovich as Yekaterina Grigoryevna
• Nina Krachkovskaya as Lidia Petrovna
• Misha Chernov as Toska Solovyov
• Yuri Sarantsev as Grisha Burun
• Pavel Kadochnikov as Maxim Gorky
• P. Grubnik as Mityagan
• Ya. Panichev as Gud
• A. Chistik as Taranets
• Yulian Panich as Semyon Karabanov
• A. Susnin as Ivan Lapot
• K. Yevgenyev as Vetikovsky
• V. Zhinovyev as Zhorka Volkov
• Ye. Zhinovyev as Galamenko

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: Road to Life". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 5 February 2009.

External links

• Road to Life at IMDb