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Eternal Call (1973)

Eternal Call poster
Original title
Вечный зов
Directed by
Valery Uskov, Vladimir Krasnopolskiy
Genre
epic film
Country
Soviet Union
Length
2 seasons, 19 episodes
Rated
16+
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Soviet series follows the lives of multiple families across several decades in a Siberian village. It shows how the characters are shaped by major events like war and revolution.

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What happens

Eternal Call (Russian: Вечный зов, romanized: Vechnyy zov) was a Soviet epic TV series. It was filmed by directors Vladimir Krasnopolsky and Valery Uskov based on the novel of the same name by Anatoli Ivanov at Mosfilm Studios. It ran from June 2, 1976, to May 20, 1983, on the Soviet Central Television. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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