The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Drama
Romance
War
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.
Cast
Veronika
Boris Fyodorovich Borozdin
Lyuba
Woman Soldier
Dasha
Sachkov
Anatoliy Aleksandrovich Kuzmin
Wounded Man
Borya
Antonina Nikolayevna Monastyrskaya
Zakharov
Veronika's Mother
Fyodor Ivanovich Borozdin
Guest at Party
Aleksey, Veronika's Father
Old Man (uncredited)
Lyusya, Snub-Nosed Girl on Wires (uncredited)
Greeter Woman on Station (uncredited)
Woman Soldier (uncredited)
Old Woman (uncredited)
Soldier with Child (uncredited)
Military Man (uncredited)
Guest at Party (uncredited)
Mark Aleksandrovich Borozdin
(uncredited)
Palyukaitis (uncredited)
Greeter Woman on Station (uncredited)
Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited)
(uncredited)
(uncredited)
Young Woman (uncredited)
Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited)
Woman Soldier (uncredited)
Stepan's Mother (uncredited)
Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina
Wounded Man in Hospital (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)
Guest at party (uncredited)
Volodya
Stepan
Varvara Kapitanova, Boris and Irina's Grandmother
Nikolay Nikolayevich Chernov
Anna Mikhaylovna Lebedeva
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