believe given war movie make really feel war need see letyat zhuravli called the cranes flying english tells story veronika tatiana samoylova boris aleksey batalov love verge wwii walking along waterfront watching cranes fly by war starts boris promptly sent war veronika hides family ends marrying son love boris meanwhile continues trotting countryside fighting nazis experiencing horrors war runs energy veronika  working military hospital  receives news refuses accept it boris body arrives home one trains simultaneously radio announces germany surrendered allied powers war soviet union lost  million citizens start new erabr br this movie good job showing human impact war battlefield also affected civilian population definitely movie everyone see