Called to Live (1961)
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.
Director: Laert Vagharshyan
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Gurgen Tonunts as |
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Davit Malyan as |
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Valentin Bryleev as |
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Maya Blinova as |
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Aleksandr Beniaminov as |
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Lev Barashkov as |
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Feliks Yavorsky as |
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Danuta Stolyarskaya as |
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Olga Lebzak as |
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Elena Muratova as |
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Yevgeni Agafonov as |
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Serge Davidyan as |
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Pavel Luspekayev as |
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Anatoliy Solovyov as |
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Roza Makagonova as |
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Gennadiy Yukhtin as |
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Mikhail Belousov as |
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Dmytro Kapka as |
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Vladimir Volchik as |
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Vladimir Bryzgalov as |
| Directing | Laert Vagharshyan | Director |
| Sound | Edgar Oganesyan | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Artashes Jalalyan | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Galina Miloserdova | Editor |
| Art | Rafael P. Babayan | Art Direction |
| Art | Grachya Mekinyan | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rafael S. Babayan | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Khachik Zahalyan | Makeup Artist |