A Little Crane

A Little Crane

A Little Crane

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A Little Crane

1969

1h 25m

5.6(8 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

About the fate of a Russian woman who endured all the hardships of war and post-war life. After the war, those few who survived at the front returned to their native village. But Marfa's husband, whom she had been waiting for for so many years, would never return. Marfa, a beautiful and proud woman, remains true to her only love.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Lyudmila Chursina

Lyudmila Chursina

Marfa

Nonna Mordyukova

Nonna Mordyukova

Glafira

Tatyana Pelttser

Tatyana Pelttser

Nastasya

Rimma Markova

Rimma Markova

Avdotya

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Styshnoy

Nikolai Gritsenko

Nikolai Gritsenko

Markelov

Georgi Zhzhyonov

Georgi Zhzhyonov

father Leonid

Yevgeni Shutov

Yevgeni Shutov

Zulya

Aleksei Karpushkin

Aleksei Karpushkin

Seryozhka

Inga Budkevich

Inga Budkevich

Marinka

Creative team

Directed by: Nikolai Moskalenko
Written by: Dmitri Vasiliu

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