DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Mikhail Kalatozov
PRODUCER: Phil Feldman ​    
PRODUCTION CO: Mosfilm
​​SCREENPLAY: Viktor Rozov, based on his play
PHOTOGRAPHY: Sergey Urusevsky
EDITOR: Mariya Timofeyeva
MUSIC: Mieczylaw Weinberg

WITH: Tatiana Samoilova (Veronika), Aleksey Batalov (Boris), Vasili Merkuryev (Fyodor Ivanovich), Aleksandr Shvorin (Mark), Svetlana Kharitonova (Irina) Konstantin Nikitin (Volodya), Valentin Zubkov (Stepan)

FESTIVALS: Cannes 1958 Palme d'or, Best Actress

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REVIEWS

“Something like the Gone with the Wind of Soviet Russia—a sensation both at home and abroad that pointed the way toward a post-Stalin thaw in filmic expression — this shattering tale of wartime resilience from Mikhail Kalatozov follows the saga of Veronika (the radiant Tatiana Samoilova) who endures heartache and uncertainty when her lover is lost on the front lines of World War II. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, the movie is a marvel of dazzling black-and-white cinematography, mixing passages of exhilarating handheld camerawork with striking deep-focus compositions worthy of Henri Cartier-Bresson.” 

– Film Society Lincoln Center

“The first indisputable masterpiece of post-Stalin cinema.”– Josephine Woll

“Kalatozov’s freewheeling camerawork, with its almost unhinged movements and impossibly wide-angle lenses, creates an almost dreamlike atmosphere. It’s as if the very screen itself were at the mercy of the characters’ feelings — swaying and shaking with each shout, each heaved breath, each impassioned lunge.”

– Bilge Ebiri, Village Voice

See a scene from The Cranes are Flying – Criterion Collection

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FILM SOCIETY SCREENINGS

Hamilton
Monday, 02 March, 6.30pm

New Plymouth
Wednesday, 11 March, 6.00pm

​Palmerston North 
Wednesday, 01 April, 6.00pm

Wellington  
Monday, 13 April, 6.00pm

Wellington  
Monday, 13 April, 8.30pm

Carterton  
Friday, 24 April, 7.30pm

Auckland
​Monday, 18 May, 6.15pm

​Canterbury 
Monday, 08 June, 7.00pm

Timaru  
Tuesday, 30 June, 6.30pm

Nelson
Wednesday, 08 July, 6.00pm

Whanganui   
Monday, 20 July, 7.00pm

Dunedin
Wednesday, 02 September, 7.30pm

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