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The Cranes Are Flying

Летят журавли

1957 · Released · 97 min · Soviet Union · Russian

Drama Romance War

The Cranes Are Flying (Russian: Летят журавли, romanized: Letyat zhuravli) 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. The film had a profound impact on Soviet cinema, and won the Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, the only Soviet film to win that award.

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Also known as

Deutsch
Die Kraniche ziehen
Español
Cuando pasan las cigüeñas
Français
Quand passent les cigognes
Italiano
Quando volano le cicogne
日本語
戦争と貞操
한국어
학이 난다
Polski
Lecą żurawie
Português
Letyat juravli

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