CRANES ARE FLYING, THE
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The only Soviet film to win the Palme d'Or, this story of two lovers (played by Tatiana Samoilova and Aleksey Batalov) who never give up hope of reunion despite separation by World War II was influential on the New Wave Soviet filmmakers working during the post-Stalin thaw of the 1960s. The first of several dynamic collaborations between Georgian-born Soviet director Mikhail Kalatozov and the great Russian cinematographer Sergei Urusevsky is their most lyrical; their subsequent films, most memorably I AM CUBA, would reinvent what the camera could do. DIR/PROD Mikhail Kalatozov; SCR Viktor Rozov, based on his play. Soviet Union, 1957, b&w, 94 min. In Russian with English subtitles. NOT RATED
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Run Time: 94 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, July 07, 2023
Genre: War drama