The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
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.
Director:
Mikheil Kalatozishvili
Writer:
Viktor Rozov
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Tatyana Samoylova as Veronika |
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Aleksey Batalov as Boris |
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Vasili Merkuryev as Fyodor Ivanovich |
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Aleksandr Shvorin as Mark |
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Svetlana Kharitonova as Irina |
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Konstantin Kadochnikov as Volodya |
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Valentin Zubkov as Stepan |
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Antonina Bogdanova as Grandmother |
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Boris Kokovkin as Chernov |
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Ekaterina Kupriyanova as Anna Mikhaylovna |
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Valentina Ananina as Lyuba |
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Valentina Vladimirova as Woman Soldier |
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Olga Dzisko as Dasha |
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Leonid Knyazev as Sachkov |
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Georgiy Kulikov as Anatoliy Aleksandrovich Kuzmin |
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Daniil Netrebin as Wounded Man |
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Aleksandr Popov as Borya |
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Irina Preis as Antonina Nikolayevna Monastyrskaya |
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Nikolay Smorchkov as Zakharov |
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Galina Stepanova as Veronika's Mother |
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Klarina Frolova-Vorontsova as Guest at Party |
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Georgiy Shamshurin as Aleksey, Veronika's Father |
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Leonid Alekseev as Old Man (uncredited) |
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Valentina Berezutskaya as Lyusya, Snub-Nosed Girl on Wires (uncredited) |
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Maya Bulgakova as Greeter Woman on Station (uncredited) |
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Lidiya Vinogradova as Woman Soldier (uncredited) |
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Lidiya Genel-Ablova as Old Woman (uncredited) |
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Aleksandr Degtyar as Soldier with Child (uncredited) |
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Anatoliy Dudorov as Military Man (uncredited) |
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Tamara Evgeneva-Ivanova as Guest at Party (uncredited) |
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Ivan Zalesskiy as (uncredited) |
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Anna Zarzhitskaya as Palyukaitis (uncredited) |
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Maria Klyuchareva as Greeter Woman on Station (uncredited) |
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Yuri Komissarov as Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited) |
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Aleksandr Kuznetsov as (uncredited) |
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Yevgeniya Lyzhina as (uncredited) |
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Alevtina Rumyantseva as Young Woman (uncredited) |
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Mikhail Semenikhin as Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited) |
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Lyubov Sokolova as Woman Soldier (uncredited) |
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Lyubov Studneva as Stepan's Mother (uncredited) |
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Vasiliy Fushchich as Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited) |
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Vasiliy Tsygankov as Soldier (uncredited) |
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Yevgeni Kudryashov as Guest at party (uncredited) |
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Anatoli Chebotaryov as (uncredited) |
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Leonid Alekseev as Old man (uncredited) |
| Directing | Mikheil Kalatozishvili | Director |
| Camera | Sergei Urusevsky | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Mieczysław Weinberg | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Mariya Timofeyeva | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lidiya Naumova | Costume Design |
| Art | Yevgeni Svidetelev | Production Design |
| Sound | Arnold Roytman | Conductor |
| Production | Igor Vakar | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Bela Fridman | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Igor Mayorov | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Nikolay Olonovskiy | First Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Olga Struntsova | Key Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Vadim Korostylyov | Lyricist |
| Writing | Viktor Rozov | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Viktor Rozov | Screenplay |
