Carrie Pitts, Russian language & literature grad, foodie, and reluctant veteran of the podcast, joins Ally to discuss possibly the most famous Soviet film of the Khrushchev Thaw.Listeners in the UK can buy The Cranes are Flying by Josephine Woll from Bloomsbury Books, via our uk.bookshop.org affiliate link. 10% of the sale will go towards covering the costs of running the show and you'll also be helping out independent bookshops! Visit our uk.bookshop.org affiliate store here!\nSPOILERS from about 18 mins in until the end.\nCONTENT WARNING: a rape is strongly implied to have taken place off screen.\nThe Cranes are Flying stars Tatyana Samoylova, Alexei Batalov,\xa0Aleksandr Shvorin,\xa0Vasiliy Merkurev, and\xa0Svetlana Kharitonova.\n\nIf you enjoyed this episode, please follow and rate us on Podchaser:\xa0www.podchaser.com/russophilesunitemoviepodcast\nSupport the show/fund Ally's caffeine habit at:\xa0ko-fi.com/russophilesunite\nThe show's intro music is\xa0Cold\xa0by Sasha Ilyukevich and the Highly Skilled Migrants.\nYou can find more of their music at:\xa0https://thehighlyskilledmigrants.bandcamp.com/\xa0or on\xa0Spotify.\nIf you'd like to get in touch and tell us what you thought of the film and/or the podcast episode, it would be great to hear from you! Here are some ways you can do that:\nTwitter:\xa0@RussophilesU\nEmail:\xa0russophilesunite@gmail.com\nFacebook:\xa0www.facebook.com/groups/russophilesunite\nInstagram:\xa0www.instagram.com/russophiles_unite/\nLetterboxd:\xa0https://letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/\nFind Ally's other podcast appearances at:\xa0https://www.podchaser.com/creators/alistair-pitts-107ZzmUqmI