
Road to Life is a 1931 sound film directed by Nikolai Ekk at Mezhrabpomfilm. It is set in early-1920s Moscow among gangs of homeless boys, where Nikolai Sergeyev proposes a labor commune instead of a reform prison, so that the youths can learn trades and support themselves. The leading roles are played by Nikolai Batalov, Yyvan Kyrla and Mikhail Zharov.