ComingasitdoesfromthedepthsoftheStalinistregime,theRussianRoadtoLifeisaremarkablyoptimisticfilm.AhostofnonprofessionalchildrenarecastasMoscowstreetkids,lefthomelessbytheBolshevikrevolution.Theygetintoallsortsofmelodramaticscrapesuntiltheysproblems,albeitnomoresothantheusualHollywoodproductfromthesameperiod.