The Cranes Are Flying
The compelling story of a girl's impassioned search for happiness.
1957-10-12 | 97 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Tatyana SamoylovaVeronika
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Aleksey BatalovBoris Fyodorovich Borozdin
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Vasili MerkuryevFyodor Ivanovich Borozdin
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Aleksandr ShvorinMark Aleksandrovich Borozdin
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Svetlana KharitonovaIrina Fyodorovna Borozdina
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Konstantin KadochnikovVolodya
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Valentin ZubkovStepan
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Antonina BogdanovaVarvara Kapitanova, Boris and Irina's Grandmother
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Boris KokovkinNikolay Nikolayevich Chernov
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Ekaterina KupriyanovaAnna Mikhaylovna Lebedeva
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Valentina AnaninaLyuba
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Valentina VladimirovaWoman Soldier
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Olga DziskoDasha
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Leonid KnyazevSachkov
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Georgiy KulikovAnatoliy Aleksandrovich Kuzmin
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Daniil NetrebinWounded Man
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Irina PreisAntonina Nikolayevna Monastyrskaya
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Nikolay SmorchkovZakharov
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Galina StepanovaVeronika's Mother
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