Goodwill Swap: U.S.S.R. Film Premiere Opens Culture Exchange (1959)

Metropolitan theater in Washington DC hosts premiere of Russian films, part of a Soviet-American cultural exchange program. 11/2/1959.

Production Company: Universal Studios
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The Cranes are Flying (Russian: Летят Журавли, translit. Letyat Zhuravli) is a Soviet film about World War II. It depicts the cruelty of war and the damage suffered to the Soviet psyche as a result of World War II (known in the Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War). It was directed at Mosfilm by the Georgian-born Soviet director Mikhail Kalatozov in 1957 and stars Aleksey Batalov and Tatiana Samoilova. It won the Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the second of two Soviet films to win the award.

Cast:
Tatiana Samoilova - (Veronica)
Alexei Batalov - (Boris)
Vasily Merkuryev - (Fyodor Ivanovich)
Alexander Shvorin - (Mark)
Svetlana Kharitonova - (Irina)
Konstantin Nikitin - (Volodya)
Valentin Zubkov - (Stepan)
Antonina Bogdanova
Boris Kokovkin
E. Kupriyanova
Valentina Ananina
Valentina Vladimirova
O. Dzisko
Nikolai Smorchkov

Production Credits:
Sergei Urusevsky (Cinematographer)
M. Vainberg (Composer (Music Score))
Mikhail Kalatozov (Director)
M. Timofeyeva (Editor)
Mikhail Kalatozov (Producer)
V. Rozov (Screenwriter)
Y. Svidetelev (Set Designer)

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