Plot Summary

Film scholar Ian Christie unpacks why 'The Cranes Are Flying' is such a landmark of Soviet cinema, breaking away as it did from decades of forcibly pro-state propaganda with its focus on individual tragedy and its ambivalence about the heroism of war.

Movie Details

Original Title
'The Cranes are Flying' and Soviet Cinema
Status
released
Original Language
en

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Production Companies

The Criterion Collection