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His Call is a film of genre Drama directed by Yakov Protazanov with Varvara Popova

His Call (1925)

His Call
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Genres Drama

His Call (Russian: Его призыв) is a 1925 Soviet film directed by Yakov Protazanov. It was also released as 23 January (Russian: 23 января) in the Soviet Union and as Broken Chains in the United States.

Synopsis

The main protagonists of the film are Katya (Varvara Popova), the daughter of a factory worker and Andrey (Ivan Koval-Samborsky), the son of the former owner of the factory who illegally returns to the USSR to find treasures hidden by his father. The film title refers to the Communist party's appeal, after Lenin's death, to enlarge its membership.

Actors

Varvara Popova

(Katya Sushkova)Maria Blumenthal-Tamarina
Olga Zhiznyeva

(Lulu)Anatoli Ktorov

( Vladimir Zaglobin)Vera Maretskaya

(Varya)Mikhail Zharov

( Worker)
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