His Call

His Call
Directed by	Yakov Protazanov
Written by	Vera Eri
Starring	Varvara Popova
Cinematography	Louis Forestier
Production company	Mezhrabpom-Russ
Release dates	17 February 1925
Running time	62 minutes (1700 meters)
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Silent film (Russian intertitles)

His Call (Russian: Его призыв, translit. Yego prizyv) is a 1925 Soviet drama 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.

Plot

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.

Cast

• Varvara Popova - Katya Sushkova
• Mariya Blyumental-Tamarina - Katya's grandmother
• Ivan Koval-Samborsky - Andrey
• Olga Zhiznyeva - Lulu
• Anatoli Ktorov - Vladimir Zaglobin
• Vera Maretskaya - Varya
• Aleksandr Geirot
• V. Yermolov-Borozdin
• Mikhail Zharov - Worker
• Tatyana Mukhina - Girl
• Natasha Konyus
• Y. Rykov
• Nikolai Prozorovsky

References

Bibliography

• Leyda, Jay (1960), Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film, New York: Macmillan, OCLC 1683826.
• Aleinikov, Moisei, ed. (1957), Yakov Protazanov: O tvorcheskom puti rezhissera (in Russian), Moscow: Iskusstvo, OCLC 13571289.

External links

• His Call at the Internet Movie Database