''His Call'' () is a 1925 Soviet silent drama film directed by

Yakov Protazanov Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov (; 4 February (Old Style, O.S. 23 January ) 1881 – 8 August 1945) was a Russian and USSR, Soviet film director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of cinema of Russia. He was an Honored Artist of the ...

. It was also released as ''23 January'' () 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 ( 187021 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 until Death and state funeral of ...

's death, to enlarge its membership.

Cast

* Varvara Popova 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 wo ...

as Andrey *

Olga Zhizneva Olga Andreyevna Zhizneva (Russian: Ольга Андреевна Жизнева; April 17, 1899November 10, 1972) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1969). Selected filmography *'' Property of the Rep ...

as Lulu * Anatoly Ktorov as Vladimir Zaglobin * Vera Maretskaya as Varya *

Mikhail Zharov Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov (; 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 (1974). He studied under the prominent director Theodo ...

as Worker * Tatyana Mukhina 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 1925 drama films Silent Soviet drama films 1920s Soviet films {{1920s-USSR-film-stub