Call to Arms
1936, Russian. Directed by Aleksandr Macheret.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Aleksandr MacheretDirector
- Yekaterina MelnikovaNovikov's Mother
- Aleksandra PopovaLyusya
- Pyotr BeryozovMechanic Vasya Khokhryakov
- Sergei AntimonovIgnatyev (uncredited)
- Pavel GeragaChief of the stafff
- Vera MaretskayaViewer
- Alyosha GoryunovYurka
- Osip ShakhetVasya Bulochkin
- Nikolay SosninOrthopaedic Surgeon
- Valentina KuznetsovaOlya Ivanova
- Mikhail KedrovPilot Sergey Novikov
Details
- Released
- 29 April 1936
- Original title
- Родина зовёт
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Aleksandr Macheret, Valentin Kataev
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Call to Arms runs 75 minutes (1h 15m).
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Call to Arms isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 29 April 1936. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Call to Arms?
Call to Arms (1936) was directed by Aleksandr Macheret and stars Yekaterina Melnikova, Aleksandra Popova, Pyotr Beryozov.