The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
The compelling story of a girl's impassioned search for happiness.
- Released
- Runtime 1h 37m
- Director Mikhail Kalatozov
- Genres Drama Romance War
- Rating 7.9/10 (472 votes)
Synopsis
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
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Tatyana Samoylova
as Veronika
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Aleksey Batalov
as Boris
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Vasili Merkuryev
as Fyodor Ivanovich
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Aleksandr Shvorin
as Mark
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Svetlana Kharitonova
as Irina
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Konstantin Kadochnikov
as Volodya
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Valentin Zubkov
as Stepan
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Antonina Bogdanova
as Grandmother
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Boris Kokovkin
as Chernov
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Ekaterina Kupriyanova
as Anna Mikhaylovna
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Valentina Ananina
as Lyuba
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Valentina Vladimirova
as Woman Soldier
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Olga Dzisko
as Dasha
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Leonid Knyazev
as Sachkov
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Georgiy Kulikov
as Anatoliy Aleksandrovich Kuzmin
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Daniil Netrebin
as Wounded Man
- Aleksandr Popov as Borya
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Irina Preis
as Antonina Nikolayevna Monastyrskaya
Crew
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Mikhail Kalatozov
Director
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Sergei Urusevsky
Director of Photography
- Mariya Timofeyeva Editor
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Mieczysław Weinberg
Original Music Composer
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Viktor Rozov
Screenplay
