"The Cranes Are Flying" is considered to be "a movie satellite launched by the Russians." After it was released, it received widespread repercussions. The reason is that the film broke through the rigid framework of Soviet World War II films and embarked on a path of poetic film. On the surface, the story of the film is not particularly novel, but the director Mikhail Kalatozov used those beautiful long shots and rotating shots to perfectly overlap the artistic conception of the picture with the connotation of the story, using a person who has never been to the battlefield. Women’s lives show the sufferings of Soviet youth in the anti-fascist war.
This unique perspective makes Veronica in the movie a symbolic image, and her complex and diverse personal experience also highlights the special experience of Soviet women as a group in war.
In "The Cranes Are Flying", Boris leaned against a birch tree before his death, his eyes were looking at the rapidly rotating birch treetops. On the background of the birch treetops, he imagined himself and Veronica The marriage scene has become an indispensable classic lens in the teaching of Beijing Film Academy.
Under the package of war, "The Cranes Are Flying" is still a poignant love story. The beautiful Veronica and the handsome Boris are in love but separated by the war. The girl is committed to others while waiting, but what is finally waiting is the despair of the lost lover. The seemingly old-fashioned plot is clearly laid out in the lens language of the director and cameraman. The conflict between Zhang and Man made that love unforgettable.
