Winner of both the Palme d'Or and Best Actress Award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival as well as two BAFTA nominations in 1959, The Cranes are Flying is a masterpiece of visual storytelling, and was one of the first post-war Soviet films to receive international acclaim. It is a tragic World War Two story of two young lovers .. Read more
| Starring | Tatiana Samojlova, Alekei Batalov, Vasili Merkuryev, Aleksandr Shvorin |
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| Director | Mikheil Kalatozishvili, Mikhail Kalatozov |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama, World Cinema |
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Winner of both the Palme d'Or and Best Actress Award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival as well as two BAFTA nominations in 1959, The Cranes are Flying is a masterpiece of visual storytelling, and was one of the first post-war Soviet films to receive international acclaim.
It is a tragic World War Two story of two young lovers forced apart when Boris (Aleksei Batalov) goes to fight at the Russion front against the Germans without time to say his farewells to Veronica (Tatyana Samojlova). While he faces the horrors of the front line, Veronica has her own battle at home, losing her parents in a bombing raid as well as dealing with the amorous advances of Boris' draft-dodging cousin and all the while failing to discover the note Boris had left for her.
| Starring | Tatiana Samojlova, Alekei Batalov, Vasili Merkuryev, Aleksandr Shvorin, Svetlana Kharitonova, Konstantin Nikitin, Valentin Zubkov |
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| Director | Mikheil Kalatozishvili, Mikhail Kalatozov |
| Studio | FUSION MEDIA |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 37 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Russian |
| Dubbed | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1960 To Rent: DVD: 29 Jan 2007 |
Kalatozov's war movie, a product of the Khrushchev thaw, was adapted by Viktor Rozov from his own play and won the... read more on Time Out
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Da!
It has been a while since i saw this film, but i thought someone should write a review.
The plot is not particularly original... read more »
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Not aged well...
A pretty dire film and the voice-over dubbing into English is awful too. Avoid.
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The cranes flew in triple time!
The DVD I received was dubbed into American + it had subtitles that didn't match the dubbing. So I could watch it three ways - watch the actors lips moving... read more »
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The Cranes are flying
An absolute cracker of a film. Not knowing what to expect I watched the film and found myself within minutes captivated by the characters the cinematography and... read more »
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