Call to Arms

Call to Arms (1936) is a war film directed by Aleksandr Macheret rated 10.0/10.

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.

Cast

Yekaterina Melnikova

Novikov's Mother

Aleksandra Popova

Lyusya

Pyotr Beryozov

Mechanic Vasya Khokhryakov

Sergei Antimonov

Ignatyev (uncredited)

Pavel Geraga

Chief of the stafff

Vera Maretskaya

Viewer

Alyosha Goryunov

Yurka

Osip Shakhet

Vasya Bulochkin

Nikolay Sosnin

Orthopaedic Surgeon

Valentina Kuznetsova

Olya Ivanova

Mikhail Kedrov

Pilot Sergey Novikov