The Cranes Are Flying (, translit. "Letyat zhuravli") is a 1957 Russian World War II romantic drama movie directed by Mikhail Kalatozov and starring Aleksey Batalov, Tatiana Samoilova, Nikolay Smorchkov, Vasili Merkuryev, Svetlana Kharitonova, Valentin Zubkov. It was distributed by Warner Bros..