The Road Home (1946)
In one of the regions of Latvia occupied by the Nazis, the Germans arrest a peasant boy named Janis. His first escape ends in another arrest. This time, he is detained by his younger brother, who has become a policeman. After his next escape, his wife Ilga and daughter are sent to a concentration camp. Now Janis is ready to do anything to save them.
Director: Aleksandr Ivanov
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Oleg Zhakov as Yanis |
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Lidiya Smirnova as Ilga, Yanis' Wife |
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Vasili Vanin as The Miller |
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Vasili Merkuryev as Karlis, the Mechanic |
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Lidiya Sukharevskaya as Christina |
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Gennadi Michurin as Partisan Leader |
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Grigoriy Shpigel as Lt. Brenner |
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Žanis Katlaps as Artur |
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Yevgeni Nemchenko as |
| Writing | Fedor Knorre | Writer |
| Directing | Aleksandr Ivanov | Director |
| Production | Sergey Vasilev | Producer |
| Writing | Arvīds Grigulis | Script Consultant |
| Directing | Andrei Apsolon | Co-Director |
| Camera | Vladimir Rapoport | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ilya Goldberg | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Aleksandr Zavyalov | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Venedict Pushkov | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Moisei Levin | Production Design |
| Art | Yevgenia Slovtsova | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | V. Bakun | Assistant Production Design |
| Sound | Lev Valter | Sound Director |
| Sound | K. Cheryomukhina | Sound Director |
| Directing | N. Alexeev | Assistant Director |
| Editing | G. Gusev | Editor |
| Writing | Andrei Apsolon | Lyricist |
| Writing | Rainis | Lyricist |
| Production | Iosif Polyakov | Executive Producer |
| Production | Vladimir Besprozvanny | Executive Producer |