The Road Home (1946)

6.5/10 89 min Drama War

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.

Cast

Oleg Zhakov

Yanis

Lidiya Smirnova

Ilga, Yanis' Wife

Vasili Vanin

The Miller

Vasili Merkuryev

Karlis, the Mechanic

Lidiya Sukharevskaya

Christina

Gennadi Michurin

Partisan Leader

Grigoriy Shpigel

Lt. Brenner

Žanis Katlaps

Artur

Yevgeni Nemchenko

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