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The Cranes Are Flying
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The Cranes Are Flying

1957-10-12 · 97 min · ★ 7.9

Drama · Romance · War

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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Directors
Mikhail Kalatozov
Production companies
Mosfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Tatyana SamoylovaTatyana SamoylovaVeronika
Aleksey BatalovAleksey BatalovBoris
Vasili MerkuryevVasili MerkuryevFyodor Ivanovich
Aleksandr ShvorinAleksandr ShvorinMark
Svetlana KharitonovaSvetlana KharitonovaIrina
Konstantin KadochnikovKonstantin KadochnikovVolodya
Valentin ZubkovValentin ZubkovStepan
Antonina BogdanovaAntonina BogdanovaGrandmother
Boris KokovkinBoris KokovkinChernov
Ekaterina KupriyanovaEkaterina KupriyanovaAnna Mikhaylovna
Valentina AnaninaValentina AnaninaLyuba
Valentina VladimirovaValentina VladimirovaWoman Soldier
Olga DziskoOlga DziskoDasha
Leonid KnyazevLeonid KnyazevSachkov
Georgiy KulikovGeorgiy KulikovAnatoliy Aleksandrovich Kuzmin
Daniil NetrebinDaniil NetrebinWounded Man
Aleksandr PopovBorya
Irina PreisIrina PreisAntonina Nikolayevna Monastyrskaya
Nikolay SmorchkovNikolay SmorchkovZakharov
Galina StepanovaGalina StepanovaVeronika's Mother

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