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.

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.

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