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06/24/06
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
94 %
Reviews Counted: 17 Fresh: 16 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 8.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Synopsis: Two young lovers are separated by the outbreak of war, each confronting personal upheaval and grief, trying to maintain the dream that someday they will be together again. [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Tatiana Samoilova, Alexei Batalov
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov
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1 - 18 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top Critic
A beautiful performance is given by the gorgeous Samoilova, the great-niece of Stanislavsky and daughter of an actor father, Yevgeni Samoilov.
08/29/06
Top Critic
...these lyrical visuals (and some splendid performances) transform a story that would otherwise be thin melodrama into a confident and polished film packing an impressive amount of visual and emotional material into its 95 minutes.
04/04/06
Thanks to Mr. Kalatozov's direction and the excellent performance Tatyana Samoilova gives as the girl, one absorbs a tremendous feeling of sympathy from this film -- a feeling that has no awareness of geographical or political bounds.
12/08/03
Top Critic
In the rich Russian tradition founded by Eisenstein ..., director Mikhail Kalatozov and cinematographer Sergei Urusevsky leave a visually pleasing treasure
09/05/02
tells an old, melodramatic war story in visual terms that are so striking and evocative that you are able to overlook the plot ellipses, contrivances, and cliches
06/13/02
A key post-war effort, both for its cinematic audacity and for its frank, moving depiction of families and lovers torn apart by violence.
06/11/02
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