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A Balasaur Score of 84 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 96%, Metacritic 76/100. Scores higher than 89% of the 660 1950s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.
Ratings
IMDb8.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic76/100
472 audience votes
Key crew
- Mikhail KalatozovDirector
- Mieczysław WeinbergOriginal Music Composer
- Viktor RozovScreenplay
Cast
- Tatyana SamoylovaVeronika
- Aleksey BatalovBoris
- Vasili MerkuryevFyodor Ivanovich
- Aleksandr ShvorinMark
- Svetlana KharitonovaIrina
- Konstantin KadochnikovVolodya
- Valentin ZubkovStepan
- Antonina BogdanovaGrandmother
- Boris KokovkinChernov
- Ekaterina KupriyanovaAnna Mikhaylovna
- Valentina AnaninaLyuba
- Valentina VladimirovaWoman Soldier
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Themes
world war iisiegeloversmarriage of conveniencebattlefieldwoundedblack and whitecoupleair raidanti warmoscow, russialoveless marriage