The Cranes Are Flying
"The compelling story of a girl's impassioned search for happiness."
Overview
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.
Movie Details
Languages
Russian
Studio
Mosfilm
Key Crew
Mikhail Kalatozov
Director
Viktor Rozov
Writer
Cast
Tatyana Samoylova
Veronika
Aleksey Batalov
Boris
Vasili Merkuryev
Fyodor Ivanovich
Aleksandr Shvorin
Mark
Svetlana Kharitonova
Irina
Konstantin Kadochnikov
Volodya
Valentin Zubkov
Stepan
Antonina Bogdanova
Grandmother
Boris Kokovkin
Chernov
Ekaterina Kupriyanova
Anna Mikhaylovna
Valentina Ananina
Lyuba
Valentina Vladimirova
Woman Soldier
Olga Dzisko
Dasha
Leonid Knyazev
Sachkov
Georgiy Kulikov
Anatoliy Aleksandrovich Kuzmin
Daniil Netrebin
Wounded Man
Aleksandr Popov
Borya
Irina Preis
Antonina Nikolayevna Monastyrskaya
Nikolay Smorchkov
Zakharov
Galina Stepanova
Veronika's Mother
