The Cranes Are Flying

Name: The Cranes Are Flying
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov
Released: 1957
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Tatyana Samoylova, Aleksey Batalov, Vasiliy Merkurev, Aleksandr Shvorin, Svetlana Kharitonova

1957 · 97 MIN · IMDB 8.3 · 20,948 VOTES · DIR. Mikhail Kalatozov

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 800 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:01 MOSFILM

00:04:59 Squirrel!

00:09:32 Why "hardly"?

00:12:10 - He's very handsome. - So what?

00:14:36 - Do you know? - No.

00:16:58 I'm going to be all right. Do you hear?

00:20:16 What are we, children? What is it? Are we playing hide and seek?

00:22:21 life in this world of ours is not yet

00:26:43 Maybe it fell? Maybe he forgot in a hurry.

00:32:44 If it gets bad, we'll run down.

00:38:27 Come with me.

00:43:45 Not bad for a first try.

00:48:11 Hold on, we'll have to get you married yet...

00:53:38 I can't get those silly verses out of my head.

00:56:47 Try to be nice to Chernov when he comes, please.

00:58:46 Could you get some drugs for me

01:01:31 Shut up your music!

01:04:12 Can a woman like that understand the suffering you've gone through?

01:08:51 You go yourself to the Center!

01:11:19 When Mark comes home, you'll have a talk. But now you must wait.

01:15:33 while death stalks our land.

01:19:17 Gladly. I've been wanting to for a long time.

01:23:17 I've got to find his girl now.

01:28:38 But we'll never forget those who lie silent on the battlefield.

Cast & Characters

Tatyana Samoylova Veronika Aleksey Batalov Boris Fyodorovich Borozdin Vasiliy Merkurev Fyodor Ivanovich Borozdin Aleksandr Shvorin Mark Aleksandrovich Borozdin Svetlana Kharitonova Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina Konstantin Kadochnikov Volodya Valentin Zubkov Stepan Antonina Bogdanova Varvara Kapitanova -babushka Borisa i Irina Boris Kokovkin Nikolay Chernov Ekaterina Kupriyanova Anna Mikhaylovna Lebedeva

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed800

Dialogue density8.2 lines / min

First line00:00:01

Final line01:28:38

Production Record

DirectorMikhail Kalatozov

LanguageRussian

IMDb votes20,948