The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
aka Letyat zhuravli
Genre: Drama | War
Country: Soviet Union | Director: Mikheil Kalatozishvili
Language: Russian | Subtitles: English (Optional, embedded in Mkv file)
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1 | Length: 96mn
Bdrip H264 Mkv – 1480×1080 – 23.976fps – 3.62gb
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050634/
As the clouds of war spread over Russia during Germany’s surprise invasion in 1941, the fervent young lovers – the sensitive Veronika and the stalwart Boris – are parted after the patriotic lad secretly volunteers for the war effort. During the following hard years, Veronika who serves her country as a wartime nurse will lose communication with Boris. After a devastating air raid destroys her house and Boris’ father takes her in to live with the family, unexpectedly, things will take a turn for the worse. Before long, the worried fiancée will find herself dealing not only with the dark thoughts of Boris’ potential loss but also with the burden of an unwelcome decision. Once, the star-crossed lovers swore eternal devotion under a flock of flying cranes but still, a war is always cruel and eternally disastrous.
One of the most notable features of the film is cinematographer Sergey Urusevskiy’s then ground-breaking use of hand-held cameras. He had learned how to film like this when he was a military cameraman during the war.
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