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The Cranes Are Flying (Blu-ray) (Criterion)

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Title: The Cranes Are Flying (1957; USSR)

Publisher: Criterion

Genre: Drama, Romance, History, War, Cinema Of The Soviet Union

Year: 1957

IMDb

Runtime: 97 min.

Media: BD-50

Number of disks: 1

Disc region: B

Language

Audio:

Russian LPCM Mono

Subtitles:

English

Extras

• New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
• New interview with scholar Ian Christie on why the film is a landmark of Soviet cinema
• Audio interview from 1961 with director Mikhail Kalatozov
• Hurricane Kalatozov, a documentary from 2009 on the Georgian director’s complex relationship with the Soviet government
• Segment from a 2008 program about the film’s cinematography, featuring original storyboards and an interview with actor Alexei Batalov
• Interview from 2001 with filmmaker Claude Lelouch on the film’s French premiere at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival
• New English subtitle translation
• PLUS: An essay by critic Chris Fujiwara

Trailer

Info

Description

A story about people whose destinies were mercilessly invaded by war. Not everyone was able to endure this test with honor. At the center of the film is the tragic story of two lovers who were separated by war.

Director & Cast

Director: Mikhail Kalatozov

Cast: Tatyana Samoilova, Alexey Batalov, Vasily Merkuryev, Alexander Shvorin, Svetlana Kharitonova, Konstantin Kadochnikov, Valentin Zubkov, Antonina Bogdanova, Boris Kokovkin, Ekaterina Kupriyanova