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Road to Life (1955)

Road to Life poster
Original title
Педагогическая поэма
Directed by
Mechislava Mayevskaya, Oleksiy Maslyukov
Genre
drama film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teacher works with troubled youth in a Soviet colony, guiding them toward a better life. The film follows his efforts to reform and educate them.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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