The Cranes Are Flying

Name: The Cranes Are Flying
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Released: 1957-10-12
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 7.912

★ 7,9 /10 (462 Votes)

1957 RU 97 min

Overview

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.

Stream

Release date

12/10/1957

Votes

462

Popularity

4.8

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

Genres

Drama Romance War

Status

Released

Original title

Летят журавли

Language

Runtime

97 min

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

Olga Dzisko

Dasha

Leonid Knyazev

Sachkov

Georgiy Kulikov

Anatoliy Aleksandrovich Kuzmin

Daniil Netrebin

Wounded Man

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Aleksandr Popov

Borya

Irina Preis

Antonina Nikolayevna Monastyrskaya

Nikolay Smorchkov

Zakharov

Galina Stepanova

Veronika's Mother

Klarina Frolova-Vorontsova

Guest at Party

Georgiy Shamshurin

Aleksey, Veronika's Father

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Leonid Alekseev

Old Man (uncredited)

Valentina Berezutskaya

Lyusya, Snub-Nosed Girl on Wires (uncredited)

Maya Bulgakova

Greeter Woman on Station (uncredited)

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Lidiya Vinogradova

Woman Soldier (uncredited)

Lidiya Genel-Ablova

Old Woman (uncredited)

Aleksandr Degtyar

Soldier with Child (uncredited)

Anatoliy Dudorov

Military Man (uncredited)

Ivan Zalesskiy

(uncredited)

Anna Zarzhitskaya

Palyukaitis (uncredited)

Maria Klyuchareva

Greeter Woman on Station (uncredited)

Yuri Komissarov

Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited)

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Aleksandr Kuznetsov

(uncredited)

Yevgeniya Lyzhina

(uncredited)

Alevtina Rumyantseva

Young Woman (uncredited)

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Mikhail Semenikhin

Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited)

Lyubov Sokolova

Woman Soldier (uncredited)

Lyubov Studneva

Stepan's Mother (uncredited)

Vasiliy Fushchich

Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited)

Vasiliy Tsygankov

Soldier (uncredited)

Yevgeni Kudryashov

Guest at party (uncredited)

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Anatoli Chebotaryov

(uncredited)

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Tamara Yevgenyeva-Ivanova

Guest at Party (uncredited)

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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...

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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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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…

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