The Cranes Are Flying

Overview

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.

Details

Cast

Tatyana Samoylova

Veronika

Aleksey Batalov

Boris

Vasili Merkuryev

Fyodor Ivanovich

Aleksandr Shvorin

Mark

Svetlana Kharitonova

Irina

Konstantin Kadochnikov

Volodya

Valentin Zubkov

Stepan

Antonina Bogdanova

Grandmother

Boris Kokovkin

Chernov

Ekaterina Kupriyanova

Anna Mikhaylovna

Valentina Ananina

Lyuba

Valentina Vladimirova

Woman Soldier

Olga Dzisko

Dasha

Leonid Knyazev

Sachkov

Georgiy Kulikov

Anatoliy Aleksandrovich Kuzmin

Daniil Netrebin

Wounded Man

Aleksandr Popov

Borya

Irina Preis

Antonina Nikolayevna Monastyrskaya

Nikolay Smorchkov

Zakharov

Galina Stepanova

Veronika's Mother