The Cranes Are Flying 1957
8.3 / 10
The Cranes Are Flying
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.
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.
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... Veronika
... Boris Fyodorovich Borozdin
... Fyodor Ivanovich Borozdin
... Mark Aleksandrovich Borozdin
... Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina
... Volodya
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See All 2 Reviews23 Jun 2021 by talisencrw
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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Release Date:
Oct 12, 1957
Run Time:
1hr 37`
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Original Language:
Russian
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Released
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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...
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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... Director
Cast
... Veronika
... Boris Fyodorovich Borozdin
... Fyodor Ivanovich Borozdin
... Mark Aleksandrovich Borozdin
... Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina
... Volodya
... Stepan
... Varvara Kapitanova, Boris and Irina's Grandmother
... Nikolay Nikolayevich Chernov
... Anna Mikhaylovna Lebedeva
... Lyuba
... Woman Soldier
... Dasha
... Sachkov
... Anatoliy Aleksandrovich Kuzmin
... Wounded Man
... Borya
... Borya
... Antonina Nikolayevna Monastyrskaya
... Zakharov
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