“...In Berlin, the Soviet film “A Start to Life” was immediately declared an “achievement.” This film was also advertised in Paris for almost two months. The tone of some newspapers was sometimes outrageous, sometimes vulgar, and sometimes stupid. Wasn’t it stupid to write about this film that it “solves the problem of raising children”, shows “the methods adopted by the Soviet government in the fight against homelessness”, that they “daily admire”, etc.?…”