Road to Life (1931 film)

Road to Life (Putyovka v zhizn)
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNikolai Ekk
Written byNikolai Ekk
Anton Makarenko
StarringNikolai Batalov
Yvan Kyrlya
Mikhail Dzhagofarov
CinematographyVasili Pronin
Music byYakov Stollyar
Production
company
Release date
  • 30 September 1931 (1931-09-30) (Germany)
Running time
119 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguagesRussian, Mari

Road to Life (Russian: Путёвка в жизнь, romanizedPutyovka v zhizn) is a 1931 Soviet crime drama film written and directed by Nikolai Ekk.[1][2] The film won an award at the 1932 Venice International Film Festival, which went to Ekk for Most Convincing Director.

It was the first sound film in the Soviet Union, and the first to be win a Best Director award at any film festival.

  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 665–666. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
  2. ^ Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. pp. 284–285.