The Cranes Are Flying
12/10/1957
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.
Movie Information
Tatyana Samoylova
as Veronika
Aleksey Batalov
as Boris
Vasili Merkuryev
as Fyodor Ivanovich
Aleksandr Shvorin
as Mark
Svetlana Kharitonova
as Irina
Konstantin Kadochnikov
as Volodya
Valentin Zubkov
as Stepan
Antonina Bogdanova
as Grandmother
Boris Kokovkin
as Chernov
Ekaterina Kupriyanova
as Anna Mikhaylovna
Valentina Ananina
as Lyuba
Valentina Vladimirova
as Woman Soldier
Olga Dzisko
as Dasha
Leonid Knyazev
as Sachkov
Georgiy Kulikov
as Anatoliy Aleksandrovich Kuzmin
Daniil Netrebin
as Wounded Man
Aleksandr Popov
as Borya
Irina Preis
as Antonina Nikolayevna Monastyrskaya
Nikolay Smorchkov
as Zakharov
Galina Stepanova
as Veronika's Mother
Klarina Frolova-Vorontsova
as Guest at Party
Georgiy Shamshurin
as Aleksey, Veronika's Father
Leonid Alekseev
as Old Man (uncredited)
Valentina Berezutskaya
as Lyusya, Snub-Nosed Girl on Wires (uncredited)
Maya Bulgakova
as Greeter Woman on Station (uncredited)
Lidiya Vinogradova
as Woman Soldier (uncredited)
Lidiya Genel-Ablova
as Old Woman (uncredited)
Aleksandr Degtyar
as Soldier with Child (uncredited)
Anatoliy Dudorov
as Military Man (uncredited)
Tamara Evgeneva-Ivanova
as Guest at Party (uncredited)
Ivan Zalesskiy
as (uncredited)
Anna Zarzhitskaya
as Palyukaitis (uncredited)
Maria Klyuchareva
as Greeter Woman on Station (uncredited)
Yuri Komissarov
as Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited)
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
as (uncredited)
Yevgeniya Lyzhina
as (uncredited)
Alevtina Rumyantseva
as Young Woman (uncredited)
Mikhail Semenikhin
as Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited)
Lyubov Sokolova
as Woman Soldier (uncredited)
Lyubov Studneva
as Stepan's Mother (uncredited)
Vasiliy Fushchich
as Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited)
Vasiliy Tsygankov
as Soldier (uncredited)
Yevgeni Kudryashov
as Guest at party (uncredited)
Anatoli Chebotaryov
as (uncredited)
Leonid Alekseev
as Old man (uncredited)
