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The Cranes Are Flying

10/12/1957

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1hr 37min

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Drama

,Romance

,War

The compelling story of a girl's impassioned search for happiness.

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Tatyana Samoylova
  • Aleksey Batalov
  • Vasili Merkuryev
  • Aleksandr Shvorin
  • Svetlana Kharitonova

    Director

  • Mikhail Kalatozov

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Mosfilm

    Production Countries

  • Soviet Union

LANGUAGES

  • Russian

Cast

Tatyana Samoylova

Veronika

Aleksey Batalov

Boris Fyodorovich Borozdin

Vasili Merkuryev

Fyodor Ivanovich Borozdin

Aleksandr Shvorin

Mark Aleksandrovich Borozdin

Svetlana Kharitonova

Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina

Konstantin Kadochnikov

Volodya

Valentin Zubkov

Stepan

Antonina Bogdanova

Varvara Kapitanova, Boris and Irina's Grandmother

Boris Kokovkin

Nikolay Nikolayevich Chernov

Ekaterina Kupriyanova

Anna Mikhaylovna Lebedeva

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