Letyat zhuravli

Veronica and Boris are walking in the streets of Moscow and they love each other. Veronica is laughing, cause they are happy together this morning. They see some cranes in the sky. When arriving to Veronica's house they talk about a rendezvous at the bank of the river. And the 2nd World War begins in Moscow. Boris works in a factory and he hasn't got time to speak with Veronica. He has to go to the war ... Written by Kornel Osvart {kornelo@alphanet.hu}

In Moscow, the young couple Veronika (T. Samojlova) and Boris (Aleksey Batalov) are in deep love for each other. With the World War II, Boris volunteers to join the army and is sent to the front on the day before Veronika's birthday, and they do not have the chance to say goodbye to each other. While waiting for news from Boris, Veronika is raped by Boris' cousin Mark (A. Shvorin) and they marry each other. However, Veronika does not forget Boris, and keeps waiting for him.

Cast of Letyat zhuravli

	Tatyana Samojlova	...	Veronika (as T. Samojlova)
	Aleksey Batalov	...	Boris
	Vasili Merkuryev	...	Fyodor Ivanovich (as V. Merkuryev)
	Aleksandr Shvorin	...	Mark (as A. Shvorin)
	Svetlana Kharitonova	...	Irina (as S. Kharitonova)
	Konstantin Nikitin	...	Volodya (as K. Nikitin)
	Valentin Zubkov	...	Stepan (as V. Zubkov)
	Antonina Bogdanova	...	Grandmother (as A. Bogdanova)
	Boris Kokovkin	...	Tyernov (as B. Kokovkin)
	Yekaterina Kupriyanova	...	Anna Mikhajlovna (as Ye. Kupriyanova)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Valentina Ananyina
	O. Dzisko
	Klarina Frolova		(as K. Frolova)
	Leonid Knyazev		(as L. Knyazev)
	Yu. Kulikov
	Daniil Netrebin
	Aleksandr Popov		(as Sasha Popov)
	I. Preis
	T. Shamshurin
	Nikolai Smorchkov		(as N. Smorchkov)
	Galina Stepanova
	Valentina Vladimirova