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Call to Arms

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.

Top Cast

  • Yekaterina Melnikova

    Yekaterina Melnikova

    Novikov's Mother

  • Aleksandra Popova

    Aleksandra Popova

    Lyusya

  • Pyotr Beryozov

    Pyotr Beryozov

    Mechanic Vasya Khokhryakov

  • Sergei Antimonov

    Sergei Antimonov

    Ignatyev (uncredited)

  • Pavel Geraga

    Pavel Geraga

    Chief of the stafff

  • Vera Maretskaya

    Vera Maretskaya

    Viewer

  • Alyosha Goryunov

    Alyosha Goryunov

    Yurka

  • Osip Shakhet

    Osip Shakhet

    Vasya Bulochkin

  • Nikolay Sosnin

    Nikolay Sosnin

    Orthopaedic Surgeon

Overview

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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