The Cranes Are Flying
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.
Mikhail Kalatozov
Viktor Rozov
Casts & Crew
Tatyana Samoylova
Aleksey Batalov
Vasili Merkuryev
Aleksandr Shvorin
Svetlana Kharitonova
Konstantin Kadochnikov
Valentin Zubkov
Antonina Bogdanova
Boris Kokovkin
Ekaterina Kupriyanova
Valentina Ananina
Valentina Vladimirova
Olga Dzisko
Leonid Knyazev
Georgiy Kulikov
Daniil Netrebin
Aleksandr Popov
Irina Preis
Nikolai Smorchkov
Galina Stepanova
Klarina Frolova-Vorontsova
Georgiy Shamshurin
Lyubov Studneva
Valentina Berezutskaya
Leonid Alekseyev
Alevtina Rumyantseva
Lyubov Sokolova
Anatoliy Dudorov
Mikhail Semenikhin
Vasiliy Fushchich
Aleksandr Degtyar
Maya Bulgakova
Lidiya Vinogradova
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