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DramaRomanceWar

The Cranes Are Flying

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

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.

Release Date : 1957-10-12

Language :Russian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Mosfilm

Production Country : Soviet Union

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Tatyana Samoylova

Character Name : Veronika

Original Name : Татьяна Самойлова

Gender : Female

Aleksey Batalov

Character Name : Boris Fyodorovich Borozdin

Original Name : Алексей Баталов

Gender : Male

Vasili Merkuryev

Character Name : Fyodor Ivanovich Borozdin

Original Name : Василий Меркурьев

Gender : Male

Aleksandr Shvorin

Character Name : Mark Aleksandrovich Borozdin

Original Name : Александр Шворин

Gender : Male

Svetlana Kharitonova

Character Name : Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina

Original Name : Светлана Харитонова

Gender : Female

Konstantin Kadochnikov

Character Name : Volodya

Original Name : Константин Кадочников

Gender : Male

Valentin Zubkov

Character Name : Stepan

Original Name : Валентин Зубков

Gender : Male

Antonina Bogdanova

Character Name : Varvara Kapitanova, Boris and Irina's Grandmother

Original Name : Антонина Богданова

Gender : Female

Boris Kokovkin

Character Name : Nikolay Nikolayevich Chernov

Original Name : Борис Коковкин

Gender : Male

Ekaterina Kupriyanova

Character Name : Anna Mikhaylovna Lebedeva

Original Name : Екатерина Куприянова

Gender : Female

Valentina Ananina

Character Name : Lyuba

Original Name : Валентина Ананьина

Gender : Female

Valentina Vladimirova

Character Name : Woman Soldier

Original Name : Валентина Владимирова

Gender : Female

Olga Dzisko

Character Name : Dasha

Original Name : Ольга Дзисько

Gender : Female

Leonid Knyazev

Character Name : Sachkov

Original Name : Леонид Князев

Gender : Male

Georgiy Kulikov

Character Name : Anatoliy Aleksandrovich Kuzmin

Original Name : Георгий Куликов

Gender : Male

Daniil Netrebin

Character Name : Wounded Man

Original Name : Даниил Нетребин

Gender : Male

Aleksandr Popov

Character Name : Borya

Original Name : Александр Попов

Gender : Male

Irina Preis

Character Name : Antonina Nikolayevna Monastyrskaya

Original Name : Ирина Прейс

Gender : Female

Nikolay Smorchkov

Character Name : Zakharov

Original Name : Николай Сморчков

Gender : Male

Galina Stepanova

Character Name : Veronika's Mother

Original Name : Галина Степанова

Gender : Female

Klarina Frolova-Vorontsova

Character Name : Guest at Party

Original Name : Кларина Фролова

Gender : Female

Georgiy Shamshurin

Character Name : Aleksey, Veronika's Father

Original Name : Григорий Шамшурин

Gender : Male

Leonid Alekseyev

Character Name : Old Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Леонид Алексеев

Gender : Male

Valentina Berezutskaya

Character Name : Lyusya, Snub-Nosed Girl on Wires (uncredited)

Original Name : Валентина Березуцкая

Gender : Female

Maya Bulgakova

Character Name : Greeter Woman on Station (uncredited)

Original Name : Майя Булгакова

Gender : Female

Lidiya Vinogradova

Character Name : Woman Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Лидия Виноградова

Gender : Female

Lidiya Genel-Ablova

Character Name : Old Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Lidiya Genel-Ablova

Gender : Female

Aleksandr Degtyar

Character Name : Soldier with Child (uncredited)

Original Name : Александр Дегтярь

Gender : Male

Anatoliy Dudorov

Character Name : Military Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Anatoliy Dudorov

Gender : Male

Tamara Evgeneva-Ivanova

Character Name : Guest at Party (uncredited)

Original Name : Tamara Evgeneva-Ivanova

Gender : Female

Ivan Zalesskiy

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Ivan Zalesskiy

Gender : Male

Anna Zarzhitskaya

Character Name : Palyukaitis (uncredited)

Original Name : Анна Заржицкая

Gender : Female

Maria Klyuchareva

Character Name : Greeter Woman on Station (uncredited)

Original Name : Maria Klyuchareva

Gender : Female

Yuri Komissarov

Character Name : Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited)

Original Name : Юрий Комиссаров

Gender : Male

Aleksandr Kuznetsov

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Александр Кузнецов

Gender : Male

Yevgeniya Lyzhina

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Yevgeniya Lyzhina

Gender : Female

Alevtina Rumyantseva

Character Name : Young Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Алевтина Румянцева

Gender : Female

Mikhail Semenikhin

Character Name : Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited)

Original Name : Михаил Семенихин

Gender : Male

Lyubov Sokolova

Character Name : Woman Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Любовь Соколова

Gender : Female

Lyubov Studneva

Character Name : Stepan's Mother (uncredited)

Original Name : Lyubov Studneva

Gender : Female

Vasiliy Fushchich

Character Name : Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited)

Original Name : Василий Фущич

Gender : Male

Vasiliy Tsygankov

Character Name : Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Василий Цыганков

Gender : Male

Yevgeni Kudryashov

Character Name : Guest at party (uncredited)

Original Name : Евгений Кудряшёв

Gender : Male

Reviews

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talisencrw

@talisencrw

2021-06-23

This was an equally outstanding and heartbreaking film. I haven't watched a lot of Soviet cinema, but from what I have seen thus far, it's terrific. It makes me want to investigate their oeuvre ever more diligently. Essential if you're interested either in Soviet films or war films in general, from the perspective of the people on the sidelines as well. Don't think for a moment they can't be just as shellshocked as the soldiers-in-arms themselves...

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badelf

@badelf

2023-05-14

Everything in this movie is technically perfect. In spite of that, the idea that a woman must pick the best man available really dates this movie for me.

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-12-14

Just as "Veronika" (Tatyana Samoylova) and her boyfriend "Boris" (Aleksey Batalov) are arranging a rendezvous by the river, someone only goes and starts a war! That puts a major spanner in the works for this loving couple as he promptly volunteers for the Soviet army to repel the encroaching Nazi army. With her signing up to be a nurse and him on the front line, it's hard for them to stay in touch and that's when, with the bombs flying and the tongues wagging, confusion and misunderstandings set in that cause no end of strife for this young woman struggling to deal with the increasing conflict - physical and emotional - in her life. Those issues become even more poignant for "Veronika" when she is the victim of the unwanted attentions of his cousin "Mark" (Aleksandr Shvorin) which leads to a marriage that few understand the reasons for and that can only further demoralise "Boris" should he ever find out that his true love has deserted him to his fate. It's a flock of cranes that symbolise their affection at the start of the film, and it's that very consistency that they hope will see them through their lives - regardless of what goes on between peoples with bombs and bullets. Is that just a naive pipe dream, though, or is there really any hope when so much conspires against them? The effort here from Samoylova is both strong and touching, especially as the film enters is much darker and more desperate second phase. The camera loves her face, her eyes and her facial expressions and she uses that tool to convey an whole gamut of emotions effectively. Shvorin also delivers well as his character introduces a little of the manipulative and the cowardly bully to a scenario that extols the virtues of family and community but not in a perfect fashion. People adapt to circumstances in individual ways. The photography has an observational intensity to it that at times makes you feel like you ought not to be watching at all, particularly in the hospital where "Uncle Fyodor" (Vasily Merkurev) is constantly dealing with casualties amongst both his patients and his staff! It's a very human story of wartime, and set amidst the snowy wastes and ruins tells that powerfully and quite compellingly.