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A Little Crane

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Original title

Zhuravushkaaka

AKA

A Little Crane

Year

1969

Running time

85 min.

Country

Soviet Union (USSR)

Director

Nikolai Moskalenko

Screenwriter

Mikhail Alekseyev, Dmitri Vasiliu. Novel: Mikhail Alekseyev

Cast

Music

Yuri Levitin

Cinematography

Nikolai Olonovsky (B&W)

Producer

Mosfilm

Genre

Drama. Romance

Synopsis

Zhuravushka (A Little Crane) is based on a story form the novel "Khleb - imya sushchestvitelnoe" by Mikhail Alekseev. Marfa (Chursina) is a widow of a Russian soldier, living in a village in central Russia. She is a single mother, raising a son in the times of hardship. She is very beautiful, but she does not marry anyone, because she is devoted to making her only son happy. And now her son is getting married.

Awards: 1969: San Sebastian Film Festival: Best Actress (Lyudmila Chursina) (ex-aequo)

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A Little Crane

1969

Nikolai Moskalenko