Towards Life () is a 1952 Soviet film directed by Nikolay Lebedev and starring Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Vladimir Sokolov and Georgi Semyonov.Kenez p.242 It was based on the novel Little Star by Ivan Vasilenko.Навстречу жизни

Plot A Leningrad vocational school is tasked with a complicated order for production of a batch of machine tools. The girls' team headed by Marusia decides to improve the performance by increasing the cutting speed of the lathe. The lathe breaks and Marusya feels very bad over this. The coworkers help Marusya to become more responsible. In contrast, the boys' team optimize the workflow and execute the state order with excellent marks.

Cast Nadezhda Rumyantseva as Marusya Rodnikova Vladimir Sokolov as Pasha Sychev Georgi Semyonov as Semyon Ilyich Sergei Gurzo as Vasov Vasili Merkuryev as Vasili Nikanorovich Anatoly Kuznetsov as Marusya's father Viktor Khokhryakov as chairman of the graduation committee

References

Bibliography Peter Kenez. Cinema and Soviet Society: From the Revolution to the Death of Stalin. Tauris, 2001.

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