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*The Cranes Are Flying* (Летят журавли) is a 1957 Soviet black-and-white film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov. The drama, romance, and war film was produced by Mosfilm and written by Viktor Rozov. The cast includes Tatiana Samoilova, Aleksey Batalov, Valentin Zubkov, and Vasili Merkuryev. Sergey Urusevsky served as director of photography, while Mieczysław Weinberg composed the music. The narrative is set in the Soviet Union during World War II.
The film has a runtime of 97 minutes, though some sources list it as 95 minutes. It was released on October 12, 1957, and later on March 21, 1960. The production had a capital cost of 2,500,000. It received the Palme d'Or award. Distribution formats include video on demand through providers such as Netflix and the Criterion Channel. Audience ratings include an IMDb score of 8.3 based on 22,657 votes and a TMDb average of 7.914 from 452 votes.
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Film · TMDB
7.9Veronika 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.
Cast
- Tatyana Samoylova as Veronika
- Aleksey Batalov as Boris
- Vasili Merkuryev as Fyodor Ivanovich
- Aleksandr Shvorin as Mark
- Svetlana Kharitonova as Irina
- Konstantin Kadochnikov as Volodya
Themes
- world war ii
- siege
- lovers
- marriage of convenience
- battlefield
- wounded
- black and white
- couple
- air raid
- anti war
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Mikhail Kalatozov
- Written by
- Viktor Rozov
- Based on
- Life Eternal , (play), by Viktor Rozov
- Produced by
- Mikhail Kalatozov
- Starring
- Tatyana Samojlova , Aleksey Batalov , Vasili Merkuryev , Aleksandr Shvorin
- Cinematography
- Sergey Urusevsky
- Edited by
- Mariya Timofeyeva
- Music by
- Mieczysław Weinberg
- Production company
- Mosfilm
- Distributed by
- Goskino
- Release date
- 12 October 1957 ( 1957-10-12 ) (USSR)
- Running time
- 95 minutes
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Language
- Russian
- Box office
- 28,300,000 admissions (USSR), 5,410,000 admissions (France)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Award
- Palme d'Or
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Original language
- Russian
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Mikhail Kalatozov
- Screenwriter
- Viktor Rozov
- Cast member
- Valentina Ananina
- Composer
- Mieczysław Weinberg
- Production company
- Mosfilm
- Cinematographer
- Sergey Urusevsky
- Narrative location
- Soviet Union
- Duration
- 97
- FilmAffinity ID
- 340623
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- The Cranes Are Flying - US release poster.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- publication date
- 1960-03-21
- title
- Летят журавли
- distributed by
- Netflix
- color
- black-and-white
- Commons category
- The Cranes Are Flying
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- capital cost
- 2500000
- review score
- 96%
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- Academy ratio
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Cranes Are Flying (Russian: Летят журавли, translit. Letyat zhuravli) is a 1957 Soviet war drama film directed and produced by Mikhail Kalatozov at Mosfilm, written by Viktor Rozov, and starring Aleksey Batalov and Tatiana Samoilova. It depicts the cruelty and the damage done to the Soviet psyche as a result of the Second World War, which was known in the Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War.
The film had a profound impact on Soviet cinema, and won the Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, the only Soviet film to win that award.
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