The Cranes Are Flying
Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly o...
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.
Valentin Zubkov
Daniil Netrebin
Aleksey Batalov
Tatyana Samoylova
Vasili Merkuryev
Aleksandr Shvorin
Svetlana Kharitonova
Genres: Romance, Drama, War
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
Valentin Zubkov
Stepan
Nikolay Smorchkov
Zakharov
Daniil Netrebin
Wounded Man
Aleksey Batalov
Boris
Tatyana Samoylova
Veronika
Vasili Merkuryev
Fyodor Ivanovich
Aleksandr Shvorin
Mark
Svetlana Kharitonova
Irina
Konstantin Kadochnikov
Volodya
Antonina Bogdanova
Grandmother
Boris Kokovkin
Chernov
Ekaterina Kupriyanova
Anna Mikhaylovna
Valentina Ananina
Lyuba
Valentina Vladimirova
Woman Soldier
Olga Dzisko
Dasha
Leonid Knyazev
Sachkov
Georgiy Kulikov
Anatoliy Aleksandrovich Kuzmin
Aleksandr Popov
Borya
Irina Preis
Antonina Nikolayevna Monastyrskaya
Galina Stepanova
Veronika's Mother
Klarina Frolova-Vorontsova
Guest at Party
Georgiy Shamshurin
Aleksey, Veronika's Father
Leonid Alekseev
Old Man (uncredited)
Valentina Berezutskaya
Lyusya, Snub-Nosed Girl on Wires (uncredited)
Mikheil Kalatozishvili
Director
Igor Vakar
Executive Producer