They're Calling, Open the Door (russian: Звонят, откройте дверь, Zvonyat, otkroyte dver) is a Soviet feature film of 1965 directed by

Alexander Mitta Alexander Naumovich Mitta (russian: Алекса́ндр Нау́мович Митта́; born 28 March 1933 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and actor. Mitta's birth name was Alexander Naumovich Rabinovich (russian: ...

, the debut of the twelve-year-old Elena Proklova in the cinema.

Plot

A fifth-grade student, Tanya ( Elena Proklova), is in love with the pioneer leader Petya (

Sergey Nikonenko Sergei Petrovich Nikonenko (russian: Серге́й Петрович Никоненко; born 16 April 1941 in Moscow) is a Russian actor. He performed in more than eighty films since 1961. Selected filmography * 1967 ** ''The Red and the Whit ...

), who is teased by one of her classmates. Tanya's father is a geologist, and her mother left for a while to see her husband; Tanya lives alone under the supervision of a neighbor in a communal apartment. To please the pioneer leader, she takes part in the search for an interesting person, one of the first soviet pioneers.

Cast

* Elena Proklova as Tanya Nechaeva *

Rolan Bykov Rolan Antonovich Bykov (russian: Ролан Антонович Быков; October 12, 1929 – October 6, 1998) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, director, screenwriter and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1990). Early life R ...

as Pavel Vasilievich Kolpakov *

as Petya Kryuchkov *

Vladimir Belokurov Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Belokurov (russian: link=no, Влади́мир Вячесла́вович Белоку́ров; July 8, 1904 – January 28, 1973) was a Soviet and Russian actor and pedagogue. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (196 ...

as violinist Korkin *

Viktor Kosykh Viktor Ivanovich Kosykh (russian: Виктор Иванович Косых; January 27, 1950 – December 22, 2011) was a Soviet and Russian theater and cinema actor. He is probably best known for the role of Danko Schusya in the famous film ''Th ...

as Genka *

Valentina Vladimirova Valentina Kharlampiyevna Vladimirova (russian: Валентина Харлампиевна Владимирова; 22 November 1927, in Vasylivka – 23 March 1994, in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p ...

as watchman in theater *

Oleg Yefremov Oleg Nikolayevich Yefremov (russian: Оле́г Никола́евич Ефре́мов, 1 October 1927, Moscow, Soviet Union – 24 May 2000, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian actor and Moscow Art Theatre producer. He was a People's Artist ...

as Vasily Dresvyannikov *

Lyusyena Ovchinnikova Lyusyena Ivanovna Ovchinnikova (russian: Люсье́на Ива́новна Овчи́нникова; 10 September 1931 – 8 January 1999) was a Soviet film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1959 and 1993. She is an Merit ...

as Tanya's mother *

Iya Savvina Iya Sergeyevna Savvina (russian: Ия Серге́евна Саввина; 2 March 1936 – 27 August 2011) was a Soviet film actress who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1990.Vladimir Balon Vladimir Yakovlevich Balon (russian: Владимир Яковлевич Балон; February 23, 1937,Фехтование: энциклопедия: А-Я / Федерация фехтования России; авт.-сост. М. Ракита ...

as teacher of fencing *

Yekaterina Vasilyeva Yekaterina Sergeyevna Vasilyeva (russian: Екатерина Серге́евна Васильева; born 15 August 1945 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. She performed in more than ninety films since 1967. Vasilyeva ...

as physical education teacher *

Klara Rumyanova Klara Mikhailovna Rumyanova (russian: link=no, Кла́ра Миха́йловна Румя́нова; 8 December 1929 – 18 September 2004) was a Soviet and Russian actress, voice actress and singer. She was active from 1951 to 1999. Her child ...

as Klara Mikhailovna * Andrei Smirnov as tenant *

Pavel Lebeshev Pavel Timofeevich Lebeshev (russian: Павел Тимофеевич Лебешев; 15 February 1940, in Moscow – 23 February 2003, in MoscowVenice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

: Lion of San Marco — Grand Prize (Alexander Mitta) *

Mosfilm Mosfilm (russian: Мосфильм, ''Mosfil’m'' ) is a film studio which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the USSR as a production unit of that nation's film monopoly, its output incl ...

Award An award, sometimes called a distinction, is something given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration. An awar ...

: Best Actress (Elena Proklova)They're Calling, Open the Door
at the kino-teatr.ru

References

External links

* 1965 films 1965 drama films Soviet drama films Films based on Russian novels Films set in schools Mosfilm films Films directed by Alexander Mitta {{1960s-drama-film-stub