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Leti͡at zhuravli = The cranes are flying / Mosfilʹm ; directed by Mikhail Kalatozov ; screenplay, Viktor Rozov.

Летят журавли

Kalatozov, Mikhail, 1903-1973 (film director.). Rozov, Viktor, 1913-2004 (screenwriter.). Urusevskiĭ, Sergeĭ, 1908-1974 (director of photography.). Vaĭnberg, M. (Moiseĭ), (composer (expression)). Batalov, Alekseĭ, 1928-2017 (actor.). Samoĭlova, Tatʹi͡ana, 1934-2014 (actor.). Rozov, Viktor, 1913-2004 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Vechno zhivye. (Added Author). Moskovskai͡a kinostudii͡a "Mosfilʹm", (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (film distributor.). Татиана Самоилова, Алексей Баталов. Tatiana Samoilova, Alexei Batalov. (Cast).

Summary:

"This landmark film by the virtuosic Mikhail Kalatozov was heralded as a revelation in the post-Stalin Soviet Union and the international cinema community alike. It tells the story of Veronica (Tatiana Samoilova) and Boris (Alexei Batalov), a couple who are blissfully in love until World War II tears them apart. With Boris at the front, Veronica must try to ward off spiritual numbness and defend herself from the increasingly forceful advances of her beau's draft-dodging cousin. Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, The Cranes Are Flying is a superbly crafted drama with impassioned performances and viscerally emotional, gravity-defying cinematography by Kalatosov's regular collaborator Sergei Urusevsky"--Container

Record details

ISBN: 9781681437057
ISBN: 1681437058
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 sheet (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 72 x 19 cm, folded to 19 x 12)
Edition: DVD special edition.
Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title information from opening frames. Based on the play Vechno zhivye by Viktor Rozov. Originally released as a motion picture in 1957. Full screen (1.37:1). Special features: Ian Christie (new interview on why the film is a landmark of Soviet cinema); Mikhail Kalatozov (audio interview from 1961 with director); Portrait of Sergei Urusevsky (segment from a 2008 program about the film's cinematography, featuring original storyboards and an interview with his daughter Inga Urusevskya and actor Alexei Batalov); The road to Cannes (interview from 2001 with filmmaker Claude Lelouch on the film's French premiere at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival); Hurricane Kalatozov (a documentary from 2009 on the Georgian director's complex relationship with the Soviet government); Booklet (an essay by critic Chris Fujiwara).
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Photography, Sergei Urusevsky ; music, Moisei Vainberg.
Participant or Performer Note:	Tatiana Samoilova, Alexei Batalov. Татиана Самоилова, Алексей Баталов.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC, region 1; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; Dolby monaural.
Language Note:	In Russian with optional English subtitles.