Call to Arms (1937)
This is a film from the series of so-called "defense" films, which presents a hypothetical "scenario" of a future war. The crew of test pilot Sergei Novikov makes a long non-stop flight on an airplane of a new design. Novikov's son, Yurka, a passionate inventor, manages to contact his father using a transmitter he designed himself. Just before landing Novikov felt bad - an old leg wound, received during the Civil War, had opened. But still the pilot managed to land the plane on the airfield of the aircraft factory. After an editorial article in the newspaper Pravda, the movie was removed from the screens.
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This is a film from the series of so-called "defense" films, which presents a hypothetical "scenario" of a future war. The crew of test pilot Sergei Novikov makes a long non-stop flight on an airplane of a new design. Novikov's son, Yurka, a passionate inventor, manages to contact his father using a transmitter he designed himself. Just before landing Novikov felt bad - an old leg wound, received during the Civil War, had opened. But still the pilot managed to land the plane on the airfield of the aircraft factory. After an editorial article in the newspaper Pravda, the movie was removed from the screens.
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Genre:War
Written By:Valentin Kataev, Aleksandr Macheret
In Theaters:5/2/1937
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Runtime:75 minutes
Studio:Mosfilm
Cast
Aleksandr Macheret
Director
Yekaterina Melnikova
Novikov's Mother
Aleksandra Popova
Lyusya
Pyotr Beryozov
Mechanic Vasya Khokhryakov
Sergei Antimonov
Ignatyev (uncredited)
Pavel Geraga
Chief of the stafff
Vera Maretskaya
Viewer
Alyosha Goryunov
Yurka
Osip Shakhet
Vasya Bulochkin
Nikolay Sosnin
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Valentina Kuznetsova
Olya Ivanova
Mikhail Kedrov
Pilot Sergey Novikov
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