They're Calling, Open the Door explained

They're Calling, Open the Door
Director:Alexander Mitta
Producer:R. Himmelfarb
Starring:Elena Proklova
Rolan Bykov
Sergey Nikonenko
Music:Veniamin Basner
Cinematography:Alexander Panasyuk
Editing:Maria Kareva
Studio:Mosfilm
CA Yunost
Runtime:79 min.
Country:USSR
Language:Russian

They're Calling, Open the Door (Russian: Звонят, откройте дверь|Zvonyat, otkroyte dver) is a Soviet feature film of 1965 directed by Alexander Mitta, the debut of the twelve-year-old Elena Proklova in the cinema.

Plot

A fifth-grade student, Tanya (Elena Proklova), is in love with the pioneer leader Petya (Sergey Nikonenko), who is teased by one of her classmates. Tanya's father is a geologist, and her mother left for a while to see her husband; Tanya lives alone under the supervision of a neighbor in a communal apartment. To please the pioneer leader, she takes part in the search for an interesting person, one of the first soviet pioneers.

Cast

Awards

Notes and References

  1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059952/awards?ref_=tt_awd They're Calling, Open the Door — Awards
  2. https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/movie/sov/2446/titr/ They're Calling, Open the Door