Called to Live
3.7
After learning that his brother Vazgen had died in his homeland during the Second World War, Gurgen Aramyan, who had been sent to an American orphanage during the bloody genocide of the Armenian people and remained in America, decided to travel to the Soviet Union in search of his children, Varazdat and Mariam. In the early days of the city's occupation, Vazgen joined the partisans. His wife was shot and killed by a German patrol. Varazdat and Mariam were left alone. They went to visit their neighbor, Uncle Stepan, who had recently escaped from a Soviet prison and was now afraid of both his own people and strangers.
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Cast
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Gurgen Tonunts
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Valentin Bryleev
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Maya Blinova
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Aleksandr Beniaminov
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Lev Barashkov
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Feliks Yavorsky
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Serge Davidyan
Laert Vagharshyan Director · Edgar Oganesyan Composer Artashes Jalalyan Cinematographer
First release January 1, 1961 · Produced in Russia · Original title Կոչված են ապրելու
Production
Armenia Studio
Production
Russia
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Original title
Կոչված են ապրելու
Original language
Armenian
Release dates
Russia · January 1, 1961
Theatrical · Yerevan
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
June 6, 1961 · Theatrical · Moscow
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