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.

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Director	Mikhail Kalatozov
Actor	Tatyana Samojlova, Aleksei Batalov, Vassili Merkouriev, Aleksandr Shvorin, Svetlana Kharitonova, Konstantin Kadochnikov, Valentin Zubkov, Antonina Bogdanova
Label	CRITERION

Genre	Drama Romanticism War
Content	DVD
Publication date	24.03.2020
Edition	Criterion Collection
Audio	Russian (Dolby Digital)
Subtitles	English
Screen	16/9
Year of production	1957
Original title	Letyat zhuravli (Russian)
Version	US Version
Region code	1

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CAPOLAVORO !!!!

Written on 29. April 2007 by edio.
This customer review refers to an alternative version, which is no longer available.

Capolavoro assoluto, uno dei migliore film di sempre !