ComingasitdoesfromthedepthsoftheStalinistregime,theRussianRoadtoLifeisaremarkablyoptimisticfilm.AhostofnonprofessionalchildrenarecastasMoscowstreetkids,lefthomelessbytheBolshevikrevolution.Theygetintoallsortsofmelodramaticscrapesuntilthey'reroundedupbykindly,altruisticSovietfunctionaries.Thechildrenarereformed(inthenicestpossibleway)andmadeusefulmembersofsociety.RoadtoLifeissimplisticinitssolutionstosociety'sproblems,albeitnomoresothantheusualHollywoodproductfromthesameperiod.