Directed by:
Mikhail KalatozovCinematography:
Sergej UrusevskijVOD (1)
Plots(1)
This landmark film by the virtuosic Mikhail Kalatozov was heralded as a revelation in the post-Stalin Soviet Union and the international cinema community alike. It tells the story of Veronica and Boris, a couple who are blissfully in love until the eruption of World War II tears them apart. With Boris at the front, Veronica must try to ward off spiritual numbness and defend herself from the increasingly forceful advances of her beau’s draft-dodging cousin. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, The Cranes Are Flying is a superbly crafted drama with impassioned performances and viscerally emotional, gravity-defying cinematography by Kalatozov’s regular collaborator Sergei Urusevsky. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Tatyana Samoylova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/844/161844071_5571ba.jpg)
Tatyana Samoylova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Letter Never Sent (1960)
Anna Karenina (1967)
![Aleksey Batalov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886993_5e9cad.jpg)
Aleksey Batalov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Zvezda plenitelnogo schastya (1975)
The Lady with the Dog (1960)
![Vasili Merkuryev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901505_f759c4.jpg)
Vasili Merkuryev
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
A Nest of Gentry (1969)
Serge (1960)
![Aleksandr Shvorin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/289/162289725_1c7e30.jpg)
Aleksandr Shvorin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
The Sword and the Dragon (1956)
Delovye ludi (1962)
Валентина Владимирова
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
White Bim, black ear (1977)
Stariki-razboyniki (1971)
![Valentin Zubkov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/300/162300785_3bbb2d.png)
Valentin Zubkov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Sandu Follows the Sun (1962)
![Svetlana Kharitonova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/763/157763731_c6f9a3.jpg)
Svetlana Kharitonova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
The Karamazov Brothers (1969)
White Bim, black ear (1977)
![Alevtina Rumyantseva](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/156/158156397_e7202a.jpg)
Alevtina Rumyantseva
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Tri topolya na Plyushchikhe (1967)
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Walking the Streets of Moscow (1963)
![Evgeniy Steblov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/725/158725938_635380.jpg)
Evgeniy Steblov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Walking the Streets of Moscow (1963)
Oblomov (1979)
Nikolay Smorchkov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
War and Peace (1965)
War and Peace: Part III (1967)
War and Peace: Part IV (1967)
![Antonina Bogdanova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/300/162300735_4b0258.jpg)
Antonina Bogdanova
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Normandie - Niémen (1960)
The Immortal Garnison (1956)
![Daniil Netrebin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/308/162308943_35e798.jpg)
Daniil Netrebin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
War and Peace (1965)
War and Peace: Part IV (1967)
Dersu Uzala (1975)
![Konstantin Kadochnikov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/300/162300791_1fac3d.jpg)
Konstantin Kadochnikov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
![Galina Stepanova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/300/162300805_548a58.jpg)
Galina Stepanova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
![Борис Коковкин](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/300/162300813_3d7a01.jpg)
Борис Коковкин
Best movies:
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Starik Chottabyč (1957)
![Georgiy Kulikov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/313/162313905_8bd6a9.jpg)
Georgiy Kulikov
Best movies:
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Carnival in Moscow (1956)
Clear Skies (1961)
![Валентина Ананьина](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/304/162304091_05c494.jpg)
Валентина Ананьина
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Thief (1997)
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Cast Away (2000)
Ольга Дзисько
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Anna Zarzhitskaya
Best movies:
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
The New Babylon (1929)
![Valentina Berezutskaya](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/322/162322198_ec9dd8.jpg)
Valentina Berezutskaya
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Thief (1997)
Siberiade (1979)
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)