The Cranes Are Flying Movie Quotes
Stepan
Dear mother, father, sisters and brothers! The happiness of our reunion is immeasurable. The heart of every Soviet citizen is filled with joy. Joy sings in our hearts. It is victory that has brought us this joy. We have all waited for this moment. But we shall not forget those left behind on the battlefield. Time will pass. Towns and villages will be rebuilt. Our wounds will heal. But our fierce hatred of war will never diminish. We share the grief of those who cannot meet their loved ones today, and we will do everything to insure that sweethearts are never again parted by war, that mothers need never again fear for their children's lives, that fathers need never again choke back hidden tears. We have won, and we shall live not to destroy, but to build a new life!
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maty Veroniki
She's crazy about him.
Aleksey
And he about her. That's what love is, my dear: a harmless mental illness.
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Fyodor Ivanovich
Irina, you should have been born a man!
Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina
I feel pretty good as a woman.
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[first lines]
Boris
Wait, squirrel! Here. Put it on.
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Fyodor Ivanovich
Stop it this minute! You're a still a soldier in the Red Army! Are you trying to get discharged? Are you afraid we'll heal your hands and send you back to the front?
A patient in the infirmary
No, Doctor, he's not like that. He got a letter.
Fyodor Ivanovich
I know. That's just an excuse. Big deal! So your bride ran off. You should be glad! She isn't worth a penny if she would trade a handsome guy like you, a real hero, for some rat sitting out the war at home! It's she who's forfeit her happiness, not you! And that's what she deserves. She's got a petty soul. People like her can't understand how much suffering we've gone through. You stood up to death itself. You looked death in the face. You approached it with your chest stuck out. And she couldn't even pass the little test of time. Woman like her deserve only your contempt. There can be no forgiveness for them!
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Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina
Disgraceful! Twelve o'clock, and he's still asleep.
Varvara Kapitanova -babushka Borisa i Irina
He works a lot. He's tired. Let him at least get some sleep on Sunday.
Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina
This work of his will end in a wedding.
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Mark Aleksandrovich Borozdin
Watch out, Uncle Fedya. She almost has her doctorate and you're still just a physician.
Fyodor Ivanovich
Well, if children don't surpass their parents, then the parents are bad and the children not much better.
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Mark Aleksandrovich Borozdin
[singing]
What use are words, Let lips fall silent, Sometimes, They tell lies, The eyes alone, Will never dare, To lie to other eyes, My eyes are now, Dark and sad, As though someone, Had blown out their flame...
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Veronika
"Cranes like ships, sailing in the sky, White ones, grey ones, With long beaks they fly" Look! Look! Look! Look!
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A patient in the infirmary
Broads like that are worse than fascists. They aim right at the heart.
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Boris
Veronica... I want to talk to you about something.
Veronika
Well, I don't. And please don't call me Veronica. Who am I?
Boris
Squirrel.
Veronika
That's right.
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Veronika
Little croaking frogs, why didn't you look up? You kept on hopping and jumping. That's why you got eaten up.
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Fyodor Ivanovich
What you want to say is: 'Comrade Boris, fight to the last drop of blood, and beat the fascists. And we at the plant will meet and exceed our production quotas.' We've heard that all before.
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Fyodor Ivanovich
Do you think anyone wants to send his son to war?
Mark Aleksandrovich Borozdin
What are you talking about?
Fyodor Ivanovich
Or do you think others must pay for your welfare, for your life, with their hands, their legs, their eyes, their lives, and you owe nothing to anyone?
Mark Aleksandrovich Borozdin
I have an exemption, Uncle Fedya.
Fyodor Ivanovich
An exemption? Tell me, how did you get it?
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Veronika
What will you give me tomorrow?
Boris
It's a secret.
Veronika
If it's something good to eat, I'll eat it and forget about it. Give me something I will always remember, for as long as I live.
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Veronika
You teach history. You're an intelligent woman. Tell me: What is the meaning of life?
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Nikolay Chernov
Your place is cozy. My wife and children are in Tashkent, so I live like a homeless tramp.
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Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina
Siberia. We can't retreat much farther. This is what's become of Mother Russia.
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Volodya
Will you be at the birthday party tonight?
Mark Aleksandrovich Borozdin
Probably.
Volodya
What will you take for a gift?
Mark Aleksandrovich Borozdin
What can I give?
Volodya
Yes. The war.
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Antonina Monastyrskaya
In Leningrad on my birthday, we'd take a car and go from one end of the city to the other. Let's go for a ride!
Nikolay Chernov
In these times, Antonina, a car is worth its weight in gold, and gasoline is rationed.
Antonina Monastyrskaya
Any kind of vehicle. I beg you! A fire engine, an ambulance, a truck. Anything you like. A ride against the forces of nature!
Nikolay Chernov
Just the two of us? To forget everything else. I'll try.
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Anna Mikhaylovna Lebedeva
[receives a letter]
From my eldest on the Ukrainian front.
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Varvara Kapitanova -babushka Borisa i Irina
I forgot, I still have some sausage.
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Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina
Why didn't you tell us?
Boris
To avoid scenes like this.
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Anna Mikhaylovna Lebedeva
Forget the past. It's human nature to forget.
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Mark Aleksandrovich Borozdin
Here's the port.
Fyodor Ivanovich
Drink it yourself. We'll have a real drink.
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Boris
Why aren't you in bed yet, grandma?
Varvara Kapitanova -babushka Borisa i Irina
It's already time to get up, Boris!
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Mark Aleksandrovich Borozdin
Veronica, in wartime, it's important not to lose your head. Try to live a normal life.
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Anna Mikhaylovna Lebedeva
I didn't know Boris, but everyone says he was a gifted young man.
Veronika
Was? Missing doesn't mean dead.
Anna Mikhaylovna Lebedeva
Of course not. That didn't come out right.
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Fyodor Ivanovich
When our men come back, you'll envy us.
Mark Aleksandrovich Borozdin
The trouble is, not all of them will come back.
Fyodor Ivanovich
For those who don't, we'll build a monument reaching to the sky, with every one of their names in gold.
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Boris
I'm not her fiance.
Fyodor Ivanovich
What are you, then?
Boris
We're just...
Fyodor Ivanovich
You're just what? That sounds suspicious.
Boris
I don't mean it that way, Dad.
Fyodor Ivanovich
Then what do you mean?
Boris
Stop picking on me.
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Fyodor Ivanovich
I've told you already, we're full! This is a hospital, not a sardine can!
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Veronika
Where's Mark?
Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina
I don't know.
Veronika
You're hiding something from me. Where did he go? You know, don't you? Where?
Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina
Probably to see Antonina.
Veronika
What Antonina?
Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina
Ask Mark.
Veronika
Tell me.
Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina
Don't give me orders. Mark... visits her occasionally. You understand?
Veronika
You're saying this to hurt me.
Irina Fyodorovna Borozdina
Why would I?
Veronika
Just to spite me! I'm loved. I have a husband. And you're still an old maid.
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Veronika
Kiss me.
[Boris kisses the tip of her nose]
Veronika
You know, when you're with me, I'm not afraid of anything, not even the war. I'm afraid afraid of the police.
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Veronika
You didn't come to the embankment today, but Mark did.
Boris
So?
Veronika
He's handsome.
Boris
So?
Veronika
Are you jealous?
Boris
What?
Veronika
Are you jealous?
Boris
I don't have the time.
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Fyodor Ivanovich
Boris! Come over here. What is this about? You're 25 years old and you - forgive me - act like a fool! What are we? Children? Is this a game? Hide-and-seek? He wants adventure!
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