1957 · 97 min · NR

The Cranes Are Flying

Name: The Cranes Are Flying
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Released: 1957
Duration: 97 min
Cast: Tatyana Samoylova, Aleksey Batalov, Vasili Merkuryev, Aleksandr Shvorin, Svetlana Kharitonova

Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov · Drama, Romance, War

The Cranes Are Flying (1957) is a Drama film, directed by Mikhail Kalatozov set in Moscow and Siberia during the 1940s.

Themes of war's cost, love & longing, and grief & loss run throughout.

Composer

Mieczysław Weinberg

Cinematography

Sergei Urusevsky

Cast

Tatyana SamoylovaAleksey BatalovVasili MerkuryevAleksandr ShvorinSvetlana KharitonovaKonstantin KadochnikovValentin ZubkovAntonina Bogdanova

The world of this film

Setting

Where

Moscow Siberia

Setting

Urban

When

1940s

Premise & themes

Themes

War's Cost Love & Longing Grief & Loss

Tone

MelancholicRomantic

Shape

Protagonist

Female LedSolo Lead

Pacing

Measured

Based on

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The Cranes Are Flying

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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