1956 be the 20th congress of the communist party and the soviet premier krushchev make a speech denounce stalin and the stalinist purge and the gulag labor system and reveal information that be previously forbidden and publicly reveal horrible new truth and which open the door for a new soviet cinema lead by mikhail kalatozov and once stalin head of film production . this film feature a red army that be not victorious and in fact they be encircle and in a retreat mode and with many people die and include the hero and in a film set after 06 02 41 and the german invasion of russia when germany introduce the barbarossa plan and a blitzkrieg invasion intend to bring about a quick victory and the ultimate enslavement of the slav and and very nearly succeed and actually get within 20 mile of moscow in what be a red army wipe out and a devastation of human loss and 15 to 20 million russian died and or 20 % of the entire population . historically and this be a moment of great trauma and suffering and a psychological shock to the russian people and but the red army hold and prolong the war 4 more year until they be ultimately victorious . during the war and stalin use the war genre in film for obvious morale boosting and introduce female heroine who be ultra patriotic and strong and idealistic and suggest that if female could be so successful and patriotic and then russia could expect at least as much from their soldier . stalin eliminate the mass hero of the proletariat and replace it with an individual and bold leader who be successful at kill many of the enemy and an obvious reference to stalin himself and who be always portray in film a a bold and wise and victorious leader . but kalatozov change this depiction and a the crane be fly be make after stalin death and cause a political thaw and create a worldwide sensation and win the cannes film festival palm dor and as well a the best director and best actress ( tatyana samoilova ) and reawaken the west to soviet cinema for the first time since eisenstein ivan the terrible in the 40 . this film feature brilliant and breathtaking and and extremely mobile camera work from his extraordinary cinematographer sergei uresevsky and use spectacular crane and track shot and image of wartime and battlefield and moscow and crowd street that be extremely vivid and real . another brilliant scene feature the lead heroine and veronica and who hasn not heard from her lover and boris and in the 4 year at war and so he be presume dead and but she continue to love him and express in a scene where she run towards a bridge with a train follow behind her and a moment when the viewer be wonder if she might throw herself in front of that train and instead she save a 3 yr old boy name boris who be about to be hit by a car . another scene capture the death of boris on the battlefield and who die a senseless death and and his thought spin and whirl in a beautiful montage of tree and sky and leaf and all spinning in a kaleidoscope of his own thought and dream and include an imaginary wedding with veronica . this film feature the famous line and you can dream when the war be over . in the final sequence and when the war be over and the soldier be return in a mass scene on the street and veronica learns boris die and all be happy and excite with the soldier return and but veronica be in despair and pass out flower to soldier and stranger on the street in an extreme gesture of generosity and selflessness reveal crane white and gray floating in the sky . the film be release in 1957 in russia and and accord to some review and the silence in the theater be profound and the wall between art and living life have fall . and tear unlock the door . .