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The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov
“The compelling story of a girl's impassioned search for happiness.”
Drama, Romance, War · 1h 37m
Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.
Cast
Tatyana Samoylova
Veronika
Aleksey Batalov
Boris
Vasili Merkuryev
Fyodor Ivanovich
Aleksandr Shvorin
Mark
Svetlana Kharitonova
Irina
Konstantin Kadochnikov
Volodya
Valentin Zubkov
Stepan
Antonina Bogdanova
Grandmother
Boris Kokovkin
Chernov
Ekaterina Kupriyanova
Anna Mikhaylovna
Valentina Ananina
Lyuba
Valentina Vladimirova
Woman Soldier
Crew
- Director
- Mikhail Kalatozov
- Screenplay
- Viktor Rozov
- Director of Photography
- Sergei Urusevsky
- Original Music Composer
- Mieczysław Weinberg
- Editor
- Mariya Timofeyeva
Details
- Original title
- Летят журавли
- Release date
- 1957-10-12
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, War
- Original language
- RU
- Spoken languages
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Production
- Mosfilm