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The Cranes are Flying

The Cranes are Flying

Letyat zhuravli

Goskino USSR (1957)
Blu-ray
PG-13
715515243018
drama | romance | WWII
Soviet Union | Russian | Color | 01:35

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
Aleksey Batalov Boris Fyodorovich Borozdin
Vasiliy Merkurev Fyodor Ivanovich Borozdin
Aleksandr Shvorin Mark Aleksandrovich Borozdin
Svetlana Kharitonova Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina
Konstantin Kadochnikov Volodya
Valentin Zubkov Stepan
Antonina Bogdanova Varvara Kapitanova -babushka Borisa i Irina
Boris Kokovkin Nikolay Chernov
Ekaterina Kupriyanova Anna Mikhaylovna Lebedeva
Valentina Ananina Lyuba
Valentina Vladimirova Soldatka
Olga Dzisko Dasha
Leonid Knyazev Sachkov
Georgiy Kulikov Anatoliy Kuzmin
Daniil Netrebin Ranenyy
Aleksandr Popov Borya
Irina Preys Antonina Monastyrskaya
Nikolay Smorchkov Zakharov
Galina Stepanova maty Veroniki
Klarina Frolova-Vorontsova Gost na vecherinke
Georgiy Shamshurin Aleksey
M. Klyucharyova Vstrechayushchaya na vokzale
Pyotr Merkurev
Lidiya Vinogradova Soldatka

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Edition details

Edition Criterion
Nr Discs 1
Distributor Criterion
Layers Single side, Single layer
Regions Region A