EIFF

Language: Russian

PG

The Cranes are Flying

Retrospective Screening

The Cranes are Flying

Selected by our special guest, major UK filmmaker Kevin Macdonald, as a film that has hugely influenced him, this classic 1957 Soviet era war film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov explores the physical and pyschological impact of WWII on the Russian...

Retrospective Screening
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1957
1hr 35 mins

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