Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- Russian
- Country
- Russia
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In Russian — subtitles on.
The story
Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.
- world war ii
- siege
- lovers
- marriage of convenience
- battlefield
- wounded
- black and white
- couple
- air raid
- anti war
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Svetlana Kharitonova — Irina
- Konstantin Kadochnikov — Volodya
- Valentin Zubkov — Stepan
- Antonina Bogdanova — Grandmother
- Boris Kokovkin — Chernov
- Ekaterina Kupriyanova — Anna Mikhaylovna
- Valentina Ananina — Lyuba
- Valentina Vladimirova — Woman Soldier
- Olga Dzisko — Dasha
- Leonid Knyazev — Sachkov
- Georgiy Kulikov — Anatoliy Aleksandrovich Kuzmin
- Directed
- Mikhail Kalatozov
- Written
- Viktor Rozov
Production
- Studio
- Mosfilm
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
