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The cranes are flying, directed by, Mikhail Kalatozov ; screenplay, Viktor Rozov

DVDTitle from sell sheetBased on the play Vechno zhivye by Viktor RozovOriginally released as a motion picture in 1957Full screen (1.33:1)Special features: new interview with scholar Ian Christie on why the film is a landmark of Soviet cinema; audio interview from 1961 with director Mikhail Kalatozov; Hurricane Kalatozov, a documentary from 2009 on the Georgian director's complex relationship with the Soviet government; segment from a 2008 program about the film's cinematography, featuring original storyboards and an interview with actor Alexei Batalov; interview from 2001 with filmmaker Claude Lelouch on the film's French premiere at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival; an essay by critic Chris Fujiwara

black and white

monaural

other

Fullscreen edition.

9781681437057

videodisc

Alexei Batalov, Tatiana Samoilova

1 videodisc (96 min.), sound, black and white, 4 3/4 in.

sound on medium

videodisc

(OCoLC)1137549025

DVD, full screen (1.33:1); monaural

715515243117

CC3126DDVD -- The Criterion Collection

DVD