''His Call'' (russian: Его призыв, Yego prizyv) is a 1925 Soviet drama film directed by

Yakov Protazanov Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov (russian: Яков Александрович Протазанов; 4 February ( O.S. 23 January ) 1881 – 8 August 1945) was a Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of ...

. It was also released as ''23 January'' (russian: 23 января, italic=yes) in the Soviet Union and as ''Broken Chains'' in the United States.Его призыв
at the kino-teatr.ru

Plot

The main protagonists of the film are Katya, the daughter of a factory worker and Andrey, 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 Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 19 ...

's death, to enlarge its membership.

Cast

Varvara Popova Varvara Aleksandrovna Popova (russian: Варвара Александровна Попова) (17 December 1899 - 31 October 1988) was a Soviet stage and film actress. She appeared in early silent films by Yakov Protazanov and Mikhail Doller, but ...

as Katya Sushkova * Maria Blumenthal-Tamarina as Katya's grandmother *

Ivan Koval-Samborsky Ivan Koval-Samborsky ( Ukrainian: Іван Коваль-Самборський; 16 September 1893 – 10 January 1962) was a Ukrainian stage and film actor. After establishing himself in the Soviet film industry in the 1920s, he briefly went to wor ...

as Andrey * Olga Zhizneva as Lulu *

Anatoly Ktorov Anatoly Petrovich Ktorov ( Russian: Анатолий Петрович Кторов; April 24, 1898September 30, 1980) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1963). Early years He was born Anatoly Petrovich ...

as Vladimir Zaglobin *

Vera Maretskaya Vera Petrovna Maretskaya ( Russian: Вера Петровна Марецкая) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1949) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1976). Early years Vera Petrovna Maretskaya was bo ...

as Varya *

Mikhail Zharov Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Жа́ров; 27 October 1899 – 15 December 1981) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and director. People's Artist of the USSR (1949) and Hero of Socialist Labour ...

as Worker *

Tatyana Mukhina Tatiana (or Tatianna, also romanized as Tatyana, Tatjana, Tatijana, etc.) is a female name of Sabine-Roman origin that became widespread in Eastern Europe. Variations * be, Тацця́на, Tatsiana * bg, Татяна, Tatyana * germa ...

as Girl

References

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External links

* 1925 films Gorky Film Studio films Soviet black-and-white films Soviet silent feature films Films directed by Yakov Protazanov Soviet drama films 1925 drama films Silent drama films {{1920s-USSR-film-stub