The Cranes are Flying
(1957)
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The Cranes are Flying
(1957)
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Tatyana Samoylova | ... |
Veronika
(as T. Samoylova)
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Aleksey Batalov | ... |
Boris
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Vasiliy Merkurev | ... |
Fyodor Ivanovich
(as V. Merkuryev)
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Aleksandr Shvorin | ... |
Mark
(as A. Shvorin)
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Svetlana Kharitonova | ... |
Irina
(as S. Kharitonova)
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Konstantin Kadochnikov | ... |
Volodya
(as K. Nikitin)
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Valentin Zubkov | ... |
Stepan
(as V. Zubkov)
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Antonina Bogdanova | ... |
Grandmother
(as A. Bogdanova)
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Boris Kokovkin | ... |
Tyernov
(as B. Kokovkin)
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Ekaterina Kupriyanova | ... |
Anna Mikhajlovna
(as Ye. Kupriyanova)
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Valentina Ananina |
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Olga Dzisko | ... |
(as O. Dzisko)
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Klarina Frolova-Vorontsova | ... |
(as K. Frolova)
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Leonid Knyazev | ... |
(as L. Knyazev)
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Georgiy Kulikov | ... |
(as Yu. Kulikov)
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Veronica and Boris are walking in the streets of Moscow and they love each other. Veronica is laughing, cause they are happy together this morning. They see some cranes in the sky. When arriving to Veronica's house they talk about a rendezvous at the bank of the river. And the 2nd World War begins in Moscow. Boris works in a factory and he hasn't got time to speak with Veronica. He has to go to the war ... Written by Kornel Osvart <kornelo@alphanet.hu>
One of those films that I happened across through The Criterion Collection and as usual indulged as a change of pace. That turned out to be a great decision. I was almost mesmerised by the quality of the film, the story it told and the way it was told. The almost minimalist feel to the film with sparse dialogue and almost constant music just added a whole evocative level to the film. This really is a superb film to spend some time with and enjoy.