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.
Directed by: Mikhail Kalatozov
Top Billed Cast: Lidiya Genel-Ablova, Maria Klyuchareva, Alevtina Rumyantseva
Runtime: 97 minutes
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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
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Aleksandr Popov
Borya
Irina Preis
Antonina Nikolayevna Monastyrskaya
Nikolay Smorchkov
Zakharov
Galina Stepanova
Veronika's Mother
Klarina Frolova-Vorontsova
Guest at Party
Georgiy Shamshurin
Aleksey, Veronika's Father
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Leonid Alekseev
Old Man (uncredited)
Valentina Berezutskaya
Lyusya, Snub-Nosed Girl on Wires (uncredited)
Maya Bulgakova
Greeter Woman on Station (uncredited)
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Lidiya Vinogradova
Woman Soldier (uncredited)
Lidiya Genel-Ablova
Old Woman (uncredited)
Aleksandr Degtyar
Soldier with Child (uncredited)
Anatoliy Dudorov
Military Man (uncredited)
Ivan Zalesskiy
(uncredited)
Anna Zarzhitskaya
Palyukaitis (uncredited)
Maria Klyuchareva
Greeter Woman on Station (uncredited)
Yuri Komissarov
Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited)
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Aleksandr Kuznetsov
(uncredited)
Yevgeniya Lyzhina
(uncredited)
Alevtina Rumyantseva
Young Woman (uncredited)
