WAR AND LOVE!

On the current scenario, remembered my favourite classic Soviet film.. 'The Cranes Are Flying' (1957). This shows how Love suffers in a War!

(Few years back I wrote special article on it here!)

Georgian origin Soviet director Mikhail Kalatozov sensibly made this film on the play by Victor Rozov who also wrote it's screenplay! It's story centres on the passionate love of Veronika for her boyfriend Boris who is missing, actually killed in war!

Soviet cinematographer Sergey Urusevsky did experiments in it with visuals of war & emotions! And editor Mariya Timofeyeva created effective results!

Beautiful Tatyana Samoilova very sensitively performed this Veronika who represents Soviet women in the cotext of war! And Aleksey Batalov did the role of Boris intensely!

This film won many international awards. And this was the only Soviet film to win.. prestigious 'Palme d'Or' at 'Cannes Film Festival'. In this actress Tatyana Samoilova also won special award. Latter she was named a 'People's Artists of Russia'!

A Tribute!!

- Manoj Kulkarni