The Cranes are flying = Letyat Zhuravli

Soviet Union, 1957

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Episode of Series “Films of the great victory 1941-1945”.
Expressionistic melodrama set in WW2, about a young Russian woman, who believes her lover to have perished in battle. Devastated by grief she falls into a passionless affair with his cousin, who seduces her during an air-raid. Struggling to find meaning amid the tragedies that have befallen her and the calamity of war, she vacillates between despair and hope. Winner of the Palm d’or at Cannes. Stars Tatyana Samoylova in the title role.

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Credits

producer/director

Mikhail Kalatozov

production company

Mosfilm

Duration

01:31:00:00

Production places

Soviet Union

Production dates

1957

Appears in

Films of the great victory 1941-1945

Group of items

Films of the great victory 1941-1945

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

319407

Languages

Arabic

Chinese

Dutch

English

French

German

Hebrew

Italian

Japanese

Portuguese

Russian

Spanish

Swedish

Subject categories

Adaptations

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - France - Cannes - Awards

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Foreign language films

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Anti-war works

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Soldiers

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Europe

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Psychological aspects

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Soviet Union

Drama

Drama → Melodrama

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Grief

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Seduction

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Women

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Russia

Feature films → Feature films - Soviet Union

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Choice (Psychology)

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Grief

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Grief - Psychological aspects

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Women

Foreign language films

Literature → Film adaptations

Literature → Russian literature - Film and video adaptations

War films

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

DVD; Access Print (Section 1)

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