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Road to Life
Road to Life

Road to Life

Genres

Drama

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Young hobos are taken to a new camp to become good Soviet citizens. This camp works without any guards, and it works well. But crooks kill one of the young people when they try to damage the newly built railroad to the camp.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

108 mins

Rating

6.3/10

Release Date

12 March 1931

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Nikolai Batalov

Nikolai Batalov

Nikolai Sergeiev

Yvan Kyrlya

Yvan Kyrlya

'Dandy' Mustapha

Mikhail Zharov

Mikhail Zharov

Tomka Zhigan, leader of the wild boys

Vladimir Uralskiy

Vladimir Uralskiy

Rina Zelyonaya

Rina Zelyonaya

Georgi Zhzhyonov

Georgi Zhzhyonov

Aleksander Novikov

Aleksander Novikov

Vasha Busa, a Wild Boy

Mariya Andropova

Mariya Andropova

Maria Skriabina, social worker

Vladimir Vesnovsky

Vladimir Vesnovsky

Mr. Rebrov

Mariya Gonfa

Mariya Gonfa

Lelka, aka 'Merizhka'

Vasiliy Kachalov

Vasiliy Kachalov

introduction and final speech

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