---
title: 'The Cranes Are Flying (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mikhail Kalatozov'
released: '1957-10-12'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-cranes-are-flying-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050634/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Cranes Are Flying (1957)

1957 · 97 min · Drama, War, Romance · Soviet Union

Original title: Летят журавли

## Synopsis

The Cranes Are Flying is a 1957 Soviet war drama film directed and produced by Mikhail Kalatozov at Mosfilm, written by Viktor Rozov, and starring Aleksey Batalov and Tatiana Samoilova. It depicts the cruelty and the damage done to the Soviet psyche as a result of the Second World War, which was known in the Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mikhail Kalatozov](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-kalatozov)
- **Screenplay:** [Viktor Rozov](https://cinepixo.com/people/viktor-rozov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mieczysław Weinberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/mieczys-aw-weinberg)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sergey Urusevsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-urusevsky)

## Cast

- [Vasili Merkuryev](https://cinepixo.com/people/vasili-merkuryev)
- [Valentin Zubkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentin-zubkov)
- [Tatiana Samoilova](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatiana-samoilova)
- [Boris Kokovkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-kokovkin)
- [Aleksandr Shvorin](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-shvorin)
- [Antonina Bogdanova](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonina-bogdanova)
- [Konstantin Kadochnikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/konstantin-kadochnikov)
- [Aleksey Batalov](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksey-batalov)
- [Svetlana Kharitonova](https://cinepixo.com/people/svetlana-kharitonova)
- [Valentina Ananina](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentina-ananina)

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