The Cranes are Flying | DRAMA | FULL MOVIE 

I don't know who at Mosfilm had the idea to upload all these great and classic films for free, but thank you!!

Heartbreaking and phenomenal cinematography (not simply for 1957 but even compared to modern film).

this is a great movie , they don't make movies like this anymore, it is a masterpiece.

I am learning Russian and I wanted to see Russian movie. I searched for the best Russian films of all time and this was on the list. I am SO happy I found it. I will watch it again and again. It is a rich and beautiful film. I felt like I was there, sharing the the feeling of Veronica. What a sad but sweet ending. This is a film I will tell everyone about!!! Thank you for sharing it.

A memorable and great movie. I loved Tatiana Samoilova’s play . I saw this movie in 1958 in my home Town Rasht, Iran which is near the Caspian sea and 7 hour with a steam boat to Russia. It took a while for this movie to be translated to farsi and be played in the local Theatre. It cost me 10 cents to buy a ticket and watch it carefully. I still remember the marching music for draftees going to tbe war. It was so sad to see that he got killed so quickly . They were so in love and met each other with passion . Even though it is very hard to understand Russian language but her singing and movement leaves a sweet memory in your mind. Uncle David- Houston

At mark 30:35, how on earth did he get this shot done? It moves and is perfectly focused on Veronika's face. It is decades before it's time, before steady cam technology.Incredible.

Easily one of the best films ever made.

Thank you for making this film available. Russia makes brilliant films.

Kalatozov was one of the greatest directors of all times - of any country! An expressionist to end all expressionists!

Absolute gem of a film. Holds its own against any of noteworthy films from the decade it was released.

Nothing, absolutely nothing to envy any other film from this genre and era. I think that more than being about war, it's about the people who live it, suffer it, and find the strength to go on. Very authentic and inspirational, thanks and greetings from Chile 👋

Another fantastic film. All the emotional highs & lows. As I always do after viewing Russian films, I will go to the Boys Choir of Galenka and watch Dimitri singing "The bells...." Thanks to all who made this film a reality!! Sincerely at 80 y.o., in USA I remain, Sentebey

Such a heartbreaking movie. Terrrific! I'm so late (at 50 now) yet so overwhelmed to watch it today. History has proved that duty is superior to love. Where duty knows revenge, love knows only sacrifice. Tell me what's better then? Russians have both in best: movies and literature. Thanks for sharing it here. Love from Kathmandu, Nepal

A most memorable & romantic movie based upon WWII. Cinema lovers around the world during late 50s and 60s were fond of this Soviet-era movie. I could watch this movie during mid 70s on TV.

A great film. I'm very unhappy with the ending, it broke my heart. The opening scenes are beautiful photographic jewels . Any one shot could be framed and hung on the wall. They're masterpieces and in general, so is the film . Kalatozov was a genius and V.Rozov was a master playwright .

What can one say to properly describe such a well acted, heartfelt, realistic movie about wartime suffering and loss ? " As long as there are slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields " Leo Tolstoy

Thank you mosfilm for all the best history movies for free

I've been waiting for this movie for long; this is the first Mosfilm production, that I remembered.I was about 15-16 years old, living in Eastern Block, that I saw this film....After 65 years, I still remember Tatjana Samoljova and Alexej Batalov. Then followed The Clear Skys and Destin of a men....These gems are unforgettable!.Thank you very, very much.

I saw this for the first time in a Russian & Soviet film class in college...wonderful to have it available on RU-vid from Mosfilm itself along with many other classics! This along with Tarkovsky's Mirror are two of my favorite films.

Spectacle inoubliable ! The Cranes are Flying, is the first Russian motion picture I saw during a projection at my great grandmother music studio. At Thirteen yo, I was very impressed with the projector's mechanics, the reels, the lens, the light, la pellicule et bien sûr, la magie. At this precise moment I became addicted to Cinéma. My great grandmother, her father and three siblings, left Imperial Russia, at the beginning of the last century to settle down in Montréal. Noblesse oblige !

It's just so sad.. I now can fully understand how and why I love this film..

Wow. Talk about "ahead of its time". I've watched so many movies this year and even this month but this is one of the most impressive. Thank you MOSFILM for uploading this because I couldn't find a copy with good subs.

The handheld camera scene, when she was running, was amazing.

Splendid. Tatyana Samoilova was superb. A real heartbreaker. Beautifully directed. Thank you.

Totally fantastic. I saw this years ago when I was a child. It is unforgettable. Thank you for posting this. I never thought I could see this ever again

This must be a great movie! Like most of the Soviet films from that period. Great Soviet cinematography and theatre school. Aleksey Batalov was an exceptional actor. I liked him so much in "Moskva Doesn't Believe in Tears". Who didn't, actually? •I wonder if I could also find "The 41st". I must've been 14 y.o. when I watched that film and I still remember that war drama. Thank you for these gems, Mosfilm.

I remember this film since childhood. I liked it then, I love it now. God bless Russian artists !

This movie is amazing. I could watch it 1000 times and never get tired of it.

Their feelings were felt strongly in an almost minimalist way . Very enjoyable art form about life's ugliness , thanks to all involved .

WHAT A MASTERPIECE!!

Film patriotique remarquable, avec beaucoup de symbolique! Merci Mosfilm pour le partage de cette merveille!

Many thanks to let us have the opportunity to see the all time russian films. Love from Málaga -- Spain .

For a Soviet film to win the Palm D’ four years after Stalins death is remarkable. It’s fully justified as it’s a magnificent film a landmark in Soviet cinema. Check out ‘Iam Cuba’ by the same director another magnificent film.

Jeder Film den ich gesehen habe von Mosfilm ist ein Meisterwerk der Filmkunst. Jeder Film hat mich gänzlich berührt. Danke Mosfilm❤😊

Wonderful cinematography by Sergey Urusevskiy, who also shot, 'LETTER NEVER SENT' and 'SOY CUBA / I AM CUBA' ....

This was a revelation. Wonderful. That moving camera. That juxtaposition. Wow.

Tatiana Samoilova was a very beautiful and talented actress.

Seen it sometime early last decade, only source was torrents, thanks for making it available for free with english subs ! Greetings from India!

Simply sublime. Thank you for sharing. ❤

Fantastic movie! Thanks so much for sharing!

Thanks for uplaoding. I saw this film twice at the Mosfilm site. Along with Churkai's "Ballad of a soldier", this film is one of the greatest films about war.

Masterpiece! Truly great and moving.

The crane is a symbol of soldiers. I heard a story that they return in the form of cranes. The song of the crane in Russian folk music Журавли (canines) is not used in this movie, but I believe that listening to this song would deepen the meaning of the movie even more. "спасибо"

Awesome movie. The cinematography is amazing. Such a classic!

I start tearing up during the opening credits.

I'm impressed by the subtitles' quality! Thanks, Mosfilm. Yes, Russian is my mother tongue, but I watched this version to check if translation is good.

Legendary cinematography. The soviets sure made some bangers.

the camera work is amazing of her running thru the crowd..... As many as 27 million Soviets lost their lives, with as many as 11.4 million military deaths joined by up to 10 million civilian deaths due to military activity and an additional 8 million to 9 million deaths due to famine and disease

Wonderful to see this, thank you!

This story is very sad and memorable. I felt all their emotions, as if the war is really in our life. This movie is really splendid and among the best. Russian really create superd movies like no others. I will continue to watch as many many I can find here. Thank you for sharing Russian movies because only on RU-vid we can get it.,,🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟👍

It took me 6 years to muster courage to watch this movie and since I have been weeping for someone who was so dear to me. Since 30.5 years and my Life has never been the same.😭😭😭

THIS FILM is enchantingly beautiful from the very start. My jaw has been dropped the whole time and already (20 minutes in) it feels sore LOL. The Cranes are Flying is like viewing Rome Open City (yah, it's that good!) but with mind-bending camera work which reflects, first, what one sees in a film like "Green for Danger" (I have in mind the scene when Mark rapes Veronika during the bombing). Second I think we see reflections of French masterpieces like "400 Blows" and the closing scene of "Rififi" when Veronika is running faster and faster (before she saves little Boris). And all the fast-moving side-panning camerawork that follows her (and to a lesser extent Boris) through unimaginably thick crowds of people (remarkable!) features every human emotion under the sun. It's in Rosselini's second film of the venerated war trilogy, Paisan, when a viewer goes to the front of the hot war, I believe (haven't yet seen it, I confess, but Rome Open City is one of my absolute favorite films). But the point is that you have that here, too, in Kalatozov's masterpiece: he gives the viewer an authentic sense of the front and what Boris experiences before his terrible demise. Then we move right back to Veronika's world. But what was I saying? Ah yes, all those whirling images going by kaleidescopically, whether running or in a train, say. How this movement enhances the tremendous vulnerability of the protagonist in all these examples is perfection with a capital PERFECTION. =) I also feel that it gives the film as a whole a feeling of movement that corresponds to how Veronika holds out hope till the very, very end that Boris survives. An impeccable work of art. A must see. Sublimely beautiful.

Un filme muy conmovedor sobre la pena de esta mujer en tener que sobrellevar la muerte de su amado. Las secuelas que toda guerra deja a su paso para dar pie a la esperanza en tratar de superar tales pérdidas. Saludos y bendiciones a todos los cinéfilos de corazón.

This really is the greatest movie ever made. I've watched it twice now.

Do you know what a sweetheart you are? Thank you for giving us this film.😙😙😙

This film is unlike no other. I was waiting for a happy resolution, but it never came...

Wow! These films are really high-def and high-quality! COOOL! :)

Thankyou Mosfilms , this movie would rank as the best i have ever seen !

Great film.

I love this film so much. Does anyone have recommendations of similar Soviet films for fans of this one?

10/10... Not many movies withstand the test of time, but this one is a jewel forever

I'm difficult to please, but Russian films are an amazing 5-0 with me. Haven't seen one yet I did not like.

Fantastic job!

the subtleness & details of expression makes every scene.

I got a bit emotional at the end, and I'm not sure whether it was because of the actual ending or because it was so beautiful that it overwhelmed me. New favourite film.

Majestic movie , In loved it very much. I have seen it in my hime town Rasht, Iran when i was 9th grade . It sure was a sensuous story just like many other Russian films about ww2 events. I remembered most of the story until now. It is very pleasing that you posted this movie w/o any damages. Thank you- uncle David- Texas

25:40 best of the best take ever

What an amazing film!!!! The scene when he is falling down wounded while imagining a wedding that never happened… Gosh, i think i never saw smth so touching 😢

Thank you! Спасибо!

SPOILERS Boris' death has to be one of the most haunting yet astonishing sequences in film. The sound design, music, double exposure, and cinematography are all on their A-game.

Было приятно читать комментарии, хорошо, что есть перевод. Спасибо, что оценили этот фильм. Я его тоже очень люблю.❤

Russian cinematography is EASILY the greatest in the world

De las mas poéticas y bellas películas♥♥♥

Thank you for uploading this film especially in 4k quality! Good film, sad but bittersweet ending!

absolutely marvelous!

Najpięknieszy film na świecie...

Mark the rapist is one of the most EVIL AND IRREDEEMABLE villains of all cinema ... *saying he's unlikable is a MASSIVE understatement*

She was so beautiful (without makeup too)and so.espressive...whole cast was good

Overwhelming!

Veramente un bravo regista, spassiba...

素晴らしい映画でした。

It is a ever splendid movie as I watch, and in many stages the flood of eye is inevitable and natural.

I felt very emotional the war time tragedy depicted in this movie near and dear ones all lost forever And most tragedy the advantages taken by the stupid opportunistic from the already shaken one during this horrible time

I've come here in search of this movie after reading Humayun Ahmed's Bollpoint.🇧🇩

What a great and wonderful film! And on another note, sad and ironic to see another Russian call up in late '22.

beautiful.

Kavilas- gilas Kahanga - hanga Tagumpay Nakakamangha Pagtagumpay Nakakabighani

Very good film. will remain in memory. ( 07.07.2024)

A most beautiful movie!!!!!!!!!

Спасибо! ❤❤❤

AN ABSOLUTE TIMELESS MOVIE MASTERPIECE , THANKYOU RUSSIA.

My favorite movie of all time.

Каждый раз я вскрикиваю, когда падает бомба😮

excellent movie/classic

Although the conflict lasted four years, Veronica appeared to be in her forties. You can only imagine how awful the conflict was.

They do a good job of portraying how pissed everyone is that this man volunteers for war

Thank you!

I've never seen a director credit _that includes a picture of the Director_ before - Kind of a cool idea, actually. ....Wait a minute, is Tatyana Samoylova _voice-dubbed_ in this!?

Tatyana Samoilova is very like Audrey Hepburn.

Wish it was subbed to spanish too...