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User Comments for: The Cranes Are Flying

soonertbone says...
6 months ago
Wow, how did I never hear of this movie before? Absolutely stunning cinematography. There are shots that will live on in my memory forever. A character's run up the stairs is by turns exhilarating one minute and absolutely devastating when replayed a second time. There's a handheld shot inside a bus that turns into a crane shot a moment later? It's all just gorgeous, and then there's the central melodrama of it all--I loved it.
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Maarten Delfgou says...
3 years ago
The original title of the film is Letyat Zhuravli.
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nutmac says...
3 years ago
One of the earliest anti-war productions from Russia is a technically triumph, filled with intricately choreographed long continuous shots and jaw dropping lighting and cinematography by **Sergey Urusevsky••.

The story by **Viktor Rozov** is cliched by today's standard, but it wisely avoids being overly sentimental. Although Director **Mikhail Kalatozov** focuses more of psychological sufferings of war, not poverty and violence.

**Tatiana Samoilova** plays Veronika, a perky and charismatic fiancé of would-be drafted Boris (played by **Aleksey Batalov••). Tatiana totally sells otherwise predictable story. The story is ultimately pro Russia, showing USSR in as positive light as possible.
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Burtonious25 says...
12 years ago
A great example of the early "Soviet thaw," but still plenty of Soviet nationalism remains. A true Soviet classic, permeated with symbolism.
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