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The Cranes Are Flying
The Cranes Are Flying

The Cranes Are Flying

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

Genres

DramaRomanceWar

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

97 mins

Rating

7.892/10

Release Date

12 October 1957

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Tatyana Samoylova

Tatyana Samoylova

Veronika

Aleksey Batalov

Aleksey Batalov

Boris Fyodorovich Borozdin

Vasili Merkuryev

Vasili Merkuryev

Fyodor Ivanovich Borozdin

Aleksandr Shvorin

Aleksandr Shvorin

Mark Aleksandrovich Borozdin

Svetlana Kharitonova

Svetlana Kharitonova

Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina

Konstantin Kadochnikov

Konstantin Kadochnikov

Volodya

Valentin Zubkov

Valentin Zubkov

Stepan

Antonina Bogdanova

Antonina Bogdanova

Varvara Kapitanova, Boris and Irina's Grandmother

Boris Kokovkin

Boris Kokovkin

Nikolay Nikolayevich Chernov

Ekaterina Kupriyanova

Ekaterina Kupriyanova

Anna Mikhaylovna Lebedeva

Valentina Ananina

Valentina Ananina

Lyuba

Valentina Vladimirova

Valentina Vladimirova

Woman Soldier

Olga Dzisko

Olga Dzisko

Dasha

Leonid Knyazev

Leonid Knyazev

Sachkov

Georgiy Kulikov

Georgiy Kulikov

Anatoliy Aleksandrovich Kuzmin

Daniil Netrebin

Daniil Netrebin

Wounded Man

Aleksandr Popov

Aleksandr Popov

Borya

Irina Preis

Irina Preis

Antonina Nikolayevna Monastyrskaya

Nikolay Smorchkov

Nikolay Smorchkov

Zakharov

Galina Stepanova

Galina Stepanova

Veronika's Mother

Klarina Frolova-Vorontsova

Klarina Frolova-Vorontsova

Guest at Party

Georgiy Shamshurin

Georgiy Shamshurin

Aleksey, Veronika's Father

Leonid Alekseyev

Leonid Alekseyev

Old Man (uncredited)

Valentina Berezutskaya

Valentina Berezutskaya

Lyusya, Snub-Nosed Girl on Wires (uncredited)

Maya Bulgakova

Maya Bulgakova

Greeter Woman on Station (uncredited)

Lidiya Vinogradova

Lidiya Vinogradova

Woman Soldier (uncredited)

Lidiya Genel-Ablova

Lidiya Genel-Ablova

Old Woman (uncredited)

Aleksandr Degtyar

Aleksandr Degtyar

Soldier with Child (uncredited)

Anatoliy Dudorov

Anatoliy Dudorov

Military Man (uncredited)

Tamara Evgeneva-Ivanova

Tamara Evgeneva-Ivanova

Guest at Party (uncredited)

Ivan Zalesskiy

Ivan Zalesskiy

(uncredited)

Anna Zarzhitskaya

Anna Zarzhitskaya

Palyukaitis (uncredited)

Maria Klyuchareva

Maria Klyuchareva

Greeter Woman on Station (uncredited)

Yuri Komissarov

Yuri Komissarov

Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited)

Aleksandr Kuznetsov

Aleksandr Kuznetsov

(uncredited)

Yevgeniya Lyzhina

Yevgeniya Lyzhina

(uncredited)

Alevtina Rumyantseva

Alevtina Rumyantseva

Young Woman (uncredited)

Mikhail Semenikhin

Mikhail Semenikhin

Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited)

Lyubov Sokolova

Lyubov Sokolova

Woman Soldier (uncredited)

Lyubov Studneva

Lyubov Studneva

Stepan's Mother (uncredited)

Vasiliy Fushchich

Vasiliy Fushchich

Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited)

Vasiliy Tsygankov

Vasiliy Tsygankov

Soldier (uncredited)

Yevgeni Kudryashov

Yevgeni Kudryashov

Guest at party (uncredited)

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