







This landmark film by the virtuosic MIKHAIL KALATOZOV (Letter Never Sent) was heralded as a revelation in the post-Stalin Soviet Union and the international cinema community alike. It tells the story of Veronica and Boris, a couple who are blissfully in love until the eruption of World War II tears them apart. With Boris at the front, Veronica must try to ward off spiritual numbness and defend herself from the increasingly forceful advances of her beau's draft-dodging cousin. Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, The Cranes AreFlying is a superbly crafted drama with impassioned performances and viscerally emotional, gravity defying cinematography by Kalatozov's regular collaborator SERGEI URUSEVSKY (I Am Cuba).Special FeaturesNew 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-rayNew interview with scholar Ian Christie on why the film is a landmark of Soviet cinemaAudio interview from 1961 with director Mikhail KalatozovHurricane Kalatozov, a documentary from 2009 on the Georgian director's complex relationship with the Soviet governmentSegment from a 2008 program about the film's cinematography, featuring original storyboards and an interview with actor Alexei BatalovInterview from 2001 with filmmaker Claude Lelouch on the film's French premiere at the 1958 Cannes Film FestivalNew English subtitle translationPLUS: An essay by critic Chris Fujiwara
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Details:This landmark film by the virtuosic MIKHAIL KALATOZOV (Letter Never Sent) was heralded as a revelation in the post-Stalin Soviet Union and the international cinema community alike. It tells the story of Veronica and Boris, a couple who are blissfully in love until the eruption of World War II tears them apart. With Boris at the front, Veronica must try to ward off spiritual numbness and defend herself from the increasingly forceful advances of her beau's draft-dodging cousin. Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, The Cranes AreFlying is a superbly crafted drama with impassioned performances and viscerally emotional, gravity defying cinematography by Kalatozov's regular collaborator SERGEI URUSEVSKY (I Am Cuba).Special FeaturesNew 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-rayNew interview with scholar Ian Christie on why the film is a landmark of Soviet cinemaAudio interview from 1961 with director Mikhail KalatozovHurricane Kalatozov, a documentary from 2009 on the Georgian director's complex relationship with the Soviet governmentSegment from a 2008 program about the film's cinematography, featuring original storyboards and an interview with actor Alexei BatalovInterview from 2001 with filmmaker Claude Lelouch on the film's French premiere at the 1958 Cannes Film FestivalNew English subtitle translationPLUS: An essay by critic Chris Fujiwara
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This landmark film by the virtuosic MIKHAIL KALATOZOV (Letter Never Sent) was heralded as a revelation in the post-Stalin Soviet Union and the international cinema community alike. It tells the story of Veronica and Boris, a couple who are blissfully in love until the eruption of World War II tears them apart. With Boris at the front, Veronica must try to ward off spiritual numbness and defend herself from the increasingly forceful advances of her beau's draft-dodging cousin. Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, The Cranes AreFlying is a superbly crafted drama with impassioned performances and viscerally emotional, gravity defying cinematography by Kalatozov's regular collaborator SERGEI URUSEVSKY (I Am Cuba).Special FeaturesNew 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-rayNew interview with scholar Ian Christie on why the film is a landmark of Soviet cinemaAudio interview from 1961 with director Mikhail KalatozovHurricane Kalatozov, a documentary from 2009 on the Georgian director's complex relationship with the Soviet governmentSegment from a 2008 program about the film's cinematography, featuring original storyboards and an interview with actor Alexei BatalovInterview from 2001 with filmmaker Claude Lelouch on the film's French premiere at the 1958 Cannes Film FestivalNew English subtitle translationPLUS: An essay by critic Chris Fujiwara
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format | blu-ray |
region code | b (europe, au, nz, africa...) |
artist | tatyana samojlova |
Brand | CRITERION COLLECTION |
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