The Road Home

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 31, 1946

Original language

Latvian

Spoken languages

Latvian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Lenfilm,Rīgas kinostudija

Cast

Oleg Zhakov,Gennadi Michurin,Yevgeni Nemchenko,Žanis Katlaps,Lidiya Sukharevskaya,Vasili Merkuryev,Lidiya Smirnova,Vasili Vanin,Grigoriy Shpigel

Director

Aleksandr Ivanov

Writer

Rainis,Fedor Knorre,Arvīds Grigulis,Andrei Apsolon

Producer

Sergey Vasilev,Vladimir Besprozvanny,Iosif Polyakov

Cinematography

Vladimir Rapoport

Music

Venedict Pushkov

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0039006