Goskino USSR (1957)
drama | romance | WWII
Soviet Union | Russian | Color | 01:35
Letyat zhuravli
Veronica and Boris are blissfully in love, until the eruption of World War II tears them apart. Boris is sent to the front lines, and then communication stops. Meanwhile, Veronica tries to ward off spiritual numbness while Boris' draft-dodging cousin makes increasingly forceful overtures. Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, The Cranes Are Flying is a superbly crafted drama, bolstered by stunning cinematography and impassioned performances.
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Tatyana Samoylova | Veronika |
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Aleksey Batalov | Boris Fyodorovich Borozdin |
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Vasiliy Merkurev | Fyodor Ivanovich Borozdin |
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Aleksandr Shvorin | Mark Aleksandrovich Borozdin |
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Svetlana Kharitonova | Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina |
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Konstantin Kadochnikov | Volodya |
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Valentin Zubkov | Stepan |
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Antonina Bogdanova | Varvara Kapitanova -babushka Borisa i Irina |
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Boris Kokovkin | Nikolay Chernov |
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Ekaterina Kupriyanova | Anna Mikhaylovna Lebedeva |
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Valentina Ananina | Lyuba |
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Valentina Vladimirova | Soldatka |
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Olga Dzisko | Dasha |
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Leonid Knyazev | Sachkov |
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Georgiy Kulikov | Anatoliy Kuzmin |
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Daniil Netrebin | Ranenyy |
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Aleksandr Popov | Borya |
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Irina Preys | Antonina Monastyrskaya |
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Nikolay Smorchkov | Zakharov |
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Galina Stepanova | maty Veroniki |
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Klarina Frolova-Vorontsova | Gost na vecherinke |
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Georgiy Shamshurin | Aleksey |
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M. Klyucharyova | Vstrechayushchaya na vokzale |
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Pyotr Merkurev | |
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Lidiya Vinogradova | Soldatka |
| Director | Mikhail Kalatozov |
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| Writer | Viktor Rozov | |
| Producer | Mikhail Kalatozov | |
| Musician | Moisey Vaynberg | |
| Photography | Sergey Urusevskiy | |
| Edition | Criterion |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Distributor | Criterion |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Regions | Region A |