The Cranes Are Flying

The Cranes Are Flying (1957)

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

  • Genre: Drama, Romance, War
  • Release Date: 1957-10-12
  • User Rating: 7.9/10 from 376 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 37min
  • Language: Pусский
  • Production Company: Mosfilm
  • Production Country: Soviet Union
  • Director: Mikhail Kalatozov
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Summary

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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  • Tatyana Samoylova

    as Veronika
  • Aleksey Batalov

    as Boris Fyodorovich Borozdin
  • Vasili Merkuryev

    as Fyodor Ivanovich Borozdin
  • Aleksandr Shvorin

    as Mark Aleksandrovich Borozdin
  • Svetlana Kharitonova

    as Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina
  • Konstantin Kadochnikov

    as Volodya
  • Valentin Zubkov

    as Stepan
  • Antonina Bogdanova

    as Varvara Kapitanova, Boris and Irina's Grandmother
  • Boris Kokovkin

    as Nikolay Nikolayevich Chernov
  • Ekaterina Kupriyanova

    as Anna Mikhaylovna Lebedeva
  • Valentina Ananina

    as Lyuba
  • Valentina Vladimirova

    as Woman Soldier
  • Olga Dzisko

    as Dasha
  • Leonid Knyazev

    as Sachkov
  • Georgiy Kulikov

    as Anatoliy Aleksandrovich Kuzmin
  • Daniil Netrebin

    as Wounded Man
  • Aleksandr Popov

    as Borya
  • Irina Preis

    as Antonina Nikolayevna Monastyrskaya
  • Nikolay Smorchkov

    as Zakharov
  • Galina Stepanova

    as Veronika's Mother
  • Klarina Frolova-Vorontsova

    as Guest at Party
  • Georgiy Shamshurin

    as Aleksey, Veronika's Father
  • Leonid Alekseyev

    as Old Man (uncredited)
  • Valentina Berezutskaya

    as Lyusya, Snub-Nosed Girl on Wires (uncredited)
  • Maya Bulgakova

    as Greeter Woman on Station (uncredited)
  • Lidiya Vinogradova

    as Woman Soldier (uncredited)
  • Lidiya Genel-Ablova

    as Old Woman (uncredited)
  • Aleksandr Degtyar

    as Soldier with Child (uncredited)
  • Anatoliy Dudorov

    as Military Man (uncredited)
  • Tamara Evgeneva-Ivanova

    as Guest at Party (uncredited)
  • Ivan Zalesskiy

    as (uncredited)
  • Anna Zargitckaia

    as Palyukaitis (uncredited)
  • Maria Klyuchareva

    as Greeter Woman on Station (uncredited)
  • Yuri Komissarov

    as Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited)
  • Aleksandr Kuznetsov

    as (uncredited)
  • Yevgeniya Lyzhina

    as (uncredited)
  • Alevtina Rumyantseva

    as Young Woman (uncredited)
  • Mikhail Semenikhin

    as Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited)
  • Lyubov Sokolova

    as Woman Soldier (uncredited)
  • Lyubov Studneva

    as Stepan's Mother (uncredited)
  • Vasiliy Fushchich

    as Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited)
  • Vasiliy Tsygankov

    as Soldier (uncredited)
  • Yevgeni Kudryashov

    as Guest at party (uncredited)
Directing Mikhail Kalatozov Director
Writing Viktor Rozov Writer
Camera Nikolay Olonovskiy Camera Operator
Art Yevgeni Svidetelev Production Design
Sound Igor Mayorov Sound
Camera Sergei Urusevsky Director of Photography
Sound Mieczysław Weinberg Original Music Composer
Editing Mariya Timofeyeva Editor
Production Mikhail Kalatozov Producer
Costume & Make-Up Lidiya Naumova Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Olga Struntsova Makeup Artist

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