| Road to Life (Педагогическая поэма) | |
| Director: | Aleksei Maslyukov Mechislava Mayevskaya |
| Producer: | A. Bocharov V. Buzhilevich |
| Starring: | Vladimir Yemelyanov Georgi Yumatov |
| Music: | Anatoly Svechnikov |
| Cinematography: | Ivan Shekker |
| Editing: | I. Karpenko |
| Runtime: | 111 minutes |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Language: | Russian |
Road to Life (ru|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]
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.