Ben Mankiewicz Intro - The Cranes Are Flying (1957)

Cranes Are Flying, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Cranes Like Ships

The opening sequence both idyllic and formal, lovers Veronica and Boris (Tatyana Samoilova, Alexei Batalov) introduced before the credits, in Russian director Mikhail Kalatozov's heralded post-Stalinist masterpiece, The Cranes Are Flying, 1957.

Cranes Are Flying, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Only Fools Will Fight

On the day of Germany's 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union, Veronica (Tatyana Samoilova) with her fiance` Boris (Alexei Batalov), unaware that he has already enlisted, in director Mikhail Kalatozov's acclaimed The Cranes Are Flying, 1957.

Cranes Are Flying, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) If Children Don't Surpass

Arising with the family of Boris (Alexei Batalov), his cousin Mark (Aleksandr Shvorin) waking him with news that war has begun, then visiting with Boris' betrothed Veronica (Tatyana Samoilova), not hiding his adoration, in director Mikhail Kalatozov's The Cranes Are Flying, 1957.