| Road to Life (Putyovka v zhizn) | |
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| Directed by | Nikolai Ekk |
| Written by | Nikolai Ekk Anton Semyonovich Makarenko |
| Starring | Nikolai Batalov Yvan Kyrlya Mikhail Dzhagofarov |
| Cinematography | Vasili Pronin |
| Music by | Yakov Stollyar |
Production company | |
Release dates | 30 September 1931 (Germany) 27 January 1932 (USA) 22 February 1932 (Spain) 27 February 1959 (Finland) 8 July 2006 (Japan) |
Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Languages | Russian, Mari |
Road to Life (Russian: Путёвка в жизнь, romanized: Putyovka 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.
- ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 665–666. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
- ^ Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. pp. 284–285.