The Road of Life is a 1956

1956 in film

The year 1956 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 5 - The Ten Commandments opens in cinemas and becomes one of the most successful and popular movies of all time, currently ranking 5th on the list of all time moneymakers * February 5 - First showing of documentary films by...

 Mexican drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Alfonso Corona Blake

Alfonso Corona Blake

Alfonso Corona Blake was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed 27 films between 1956 and 1971...

. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival

6th Berlin International Film Festival

-Jury:* Marcel Carné* Bill Luckwell* Giuseppe Vittorio Sampieri* Koichi Kawakita* Leo J. Horster* Ilse Urbach* Ludwig Berger-Films in competition:* ...erwachsen sein dagegen sehr by Wolf Hart* Autumn Leaves by Robert Aldrich...

 it won the Honourable Mention (Director) award.

The film is about three young criminal boys who await sentencing in Mexico City

Mexico City

Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

's Juvenile Court. One boy murdered his stepfather to protect his mother; the second boy blinded his chief tormentor; and the third resorts to stealing to support his family. Lawyer Enrique Lucero begins the task of rehabilitating the three to become good and be acceptable to society.

Cast

• Luis Alba
• Guillermo Bravo Sosa
• Antonio Brillas
• José Chávez
• Rafael Estrada
• Carmen Funés
• Eufrosina García
• Guido García
• Ignacio García Torres
• Rafael González
  Rafael González
  Rafael González is an Argentine Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Mario Humberto Jiménez Pons
• Rogelio 'Frijolitos' Jiménez Pons
• Enrique Lucero
  Enrique Lucero
  Enrique Lucero was a Mexican film actor. Notable for such films as Macario and Two Mules for Sister Sara ....
  
  
• Miguel Manzano
• Roberto Meyer
• Eduardo Moreno
• Inés Murillo
• Mario Navarro
  Mario Navarro
  Mario Navarro was a Mexican actor, active in the 1950s and 1960s. He made his film debut in 1956 playing a leading role in The Road of Life, following in the same year with The Beast of Hollow Mountain. In 1960 he appeared in the TV series Captain David Grief in the episode Everybody's Boy...
  
  
• Ismael Pérez
• Víctor Pérez