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The Cranes Are Flying (also know as Letyat zhuravli) full movie is released on Mar 21, 1960. Watch The Cranes Are Flying online - the Russian Drama movie from Soviet Union , which has achieved a worldwide gross of $25,941. The Cranes Are Flying is directed by Mikhail Kalatozov and created by Viktor Rozov with Tatyana Samoylova and Aleksey Batalov. The Cranes Are Flying is available online on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel.

As the clouds of war spread over Russia during Germany's surprise invasion in 1941, the fervent young lovers, the sensitive Veronika and the stalwart Boris, are parted when the patriotic lad secretly volunteers for the war effort. During the following hard years, Veronika who serves her country as a wartime-nurse will lose communication with Boris, moreover, when a devastating air raid destroys her house and Boris' father takes her in to live with the family, unexpectedly, things will take a turn for the worse. Before long, the worried fiancée will find herself dealing not only with the dark thoughts of Boris' potential loss but also with the burden of an unwelcome decision. Once, the star-crossed lovers swore eternal devotion under a flock of flying cranes, still, a war is always cruel and eternally disastrous.

As know as:

Letyat zhuravli, Wenn die Kraniche ziehen, Otan petoun oi geranoi, Όταν περνούν οι γερανοί, Och tranorna flyga

Release Date (Streaming):

Apr 30, 2002

Countries:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Production Companies:

Mosfilm

Official Site:

Mosfilm [rus]

Gross worldwide:

$25,941

Taglines:

So Much to Love - So Little Time, The compelling story of a girl's impassioned search for happiness., A drama of young love - passion, devotion and betrayal., An Exciting Electrifying Motion Picture!, The Grand Prize Winner - Cannes International Film Festival, Distributed by Warner Bros. at the request of the U.S. Department of State in connection with the Cultural Exchange Agreement with the Soviet Union, A luscious portrait of love and loss during World War II., Filmed in the Soviet Union!, Winner of the Grand Prize Cannes Film Festival, Her Name is Veronica. She's 17 Years Old, She's in Love and She Lives in Moscow

Reviews

David Fear
Time Out
by rottentomatoes, Jan 18, 2008
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
It's exactly what you'd expect: tepid, artsy, and grayish.
by rottentomatoes, Jan 19, 2007
Bosley Crowther
New York Times
Thanks to Mr. Kalatozov's direction and the excellent performance Tatyana Samoilova gives as the girl, one absorbs a tremendous feeling of sympathy from this film -- a feeling that has no awareness of geographical or political bounds.
by rottentomatoes, Dec 08, 2003

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