The Cranes Are Flying: The Film Companion

by Josephine Woll

The first indisputable masterpiece of post-Stalin cinema, The Cranes Are Flying , directed by Mikhail Kalatozov tells a story of love, betrayal, and renewal against the background of World War II. Josephine Woll’s beautifully written account of this film reviews its presentation of war, its redefinition of Soviet ideas of heroism, its enigmatic central protagonist, Veronika and her paradoxical decision to marry one man while never ceasing to love another. Woll also details its reception in the Soviet Union and the West, where it was widely distributed and acclaimed.

Genres: Film

128 pages, Paperback

First published June 26, 2003

Reviews

[Thomas Gamboni · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing deepdive about the Ottopel Period of Soviet Cinema and its most well known film. (Also my favorite film of all time.) This book was of amazing research to my Dissertation.