The Cranes Are Flying

The Cranes Are Flying

97 mins | Drama, Romance, War | Oct. 12, 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.

The Cranes Are Flying

97 mins | Drama, Romance, War | Oct. 12, 1957

The Cranes Are Flying
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.
IMDb rating 8.3
Producers
Original title Летят журавли
Directors Mikhail Kalatozov
Writers Viktor Rozov

Cast

Tatyana Samoylova

as Veronika

Aleksey Batalov

as Boris Fyodorovich Borozdin

Vasili Merkuryev

as Fyodor Ivanovich Borozdin

Aleksandr Shvorin

as Mark Aleksandrovich Borozdin

Svetlana Kharitonova

as Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina

Valentin Zubkov

as Stepan

Antonina Bogdanova

as Varvara Kapitanova, Boris and Irina's Grandmother

Boris Kokovkin

as Nikolay Nikolayevich Chernov

Ekaterina Kupriyanova

as Anna Mikhaylovna Lebedeva

Valentina Vladimirova

as Woman Soldier

Olga Dzisko

as Dasha

Leonid Knyazev

as Sachkov

Georgiy Kulikov

as Anatoliy Aleksandrovich Kuzmin

Daniil Netrebin

as Wounded Man

Aleksandr Popov

as Borya

Irina Preis

as Antonina Nikolayevna Monastyrskaya

Nikolay Smorchkov

as Zakharov

Galina Stepanova

as Veronika's Mother

Klarina Frolova-Vorontsova

as Guest at Party

Georgiy Shamshurin

as Aleksey, Veronika's Father

Leonid Alekseyev

as Old Man (uncredited)

Valentina Berezutskaya

as Lyusya, Snub-Nosed Girl on Wires (uncredited)

Maya Bulgakova

as Greeter Woman on Station (uncredited)

Lidiya Vinogradova

as Woman Soldier (uncredited)

Lidiya Genel-Ablova

as Old Woman (uncredited)

Aleksandr Degtyar

as Soldier with Child (uncredited)

Anatoliy Dudorov

as Military Man (uncredited)

Tamara Evgeneva-Ivanova

as Guest at Party (uncredited)

Ivan Zalesskiy

as (uncredited)

Anna Zargitckaia

as Palyukaitis (uncredited)

Maria Klyuchareva

as Greeter Woman on Station (uncredited)

Yuri Komissarov

as Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited)

Yevgeni Kudryashov

as Guest at Party (uncredited)

Aleksandr Kuznetsov

as (uncredited)

Yevgeniya Lyzhina

as (uncredited)

Alevtina Rumyantseva

as Young Woman (uncredited)

Mikhail Semenikhin

as Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited)

Lyubov Sokolova

as Woman Soldier (uncredited)

Lyubov Studneva

as Stepan's Mother (uncredited)

Vasiliy Fushchich

as Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited)

Vasiliy Tsygankov

as Soldier (uncredited)