An anti-war love story set during the early years of World War II, ‘The Cranes Are Flying’ is a romantic drama about love, loss and recovery from catastrophe. When a young hospital worker hears that her fiance has been killed in the war, she is traumatised and refuses to believe it. Raped by a distant cousin during an air raid, she eventually marries him, despite feeling no love, and continues to mourn for her dead lover. A subsequent turn of events re-establishes her faith in life and her confidence returns. Winner of Best Film at the Cannes Film Festival, 1958
Credits: Producer, director, Mikhail Kalatozov ; writer, Victor Rosov ; photography, Sergei Urusevski ; music, M. Vainberg ; editing, Mariya Timofeyeva.
Cast: Tatiana Samoilova, Alexei Batalov, Vasily Merkuryev, Alexander Shvorin, Svetlana Kharitonova, Konstantin Nikitin.
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ACMI Identifier
F000030
Languages
English
Russian
Subject categories
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Anti-war works
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Women in war
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Soviet Union
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Grief
Feature films → Feature films - Soviet Union
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Grief
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Grief - Psychological aspects
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Sound
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Black and White
Holdings
35mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)