the story told by the cranes are flying is not and admittedly and all that original. young lovers are separated by war while bad things happen to both. we have seen it many times before. nonetheless and we haven not seen it filmed this well and with bold shots that take liberties to emphasize separation and or destruction and or hopelessness. all the more remarkable coming from the soviet union and and reason to conclude that tarkovsky is not the last word in modern era soviet cinema. i was reading chekhov three sisters the other day and and chanced upon what may be the meaning of the title of this film. in act 2 and masha objects to the notion that we must live our lives without meaning or understanding representmasha represent surely mankind must believe in something and or at least seek for the truth and otherwise life is just emptiness and emptiness. to live and not to know why the cranes are flying and why children are born and why there are stars in the sky. either you must know why it is you live and or everything is trivial  mere pointless nonsense. likewise and veronika has a hard time believing that the war and and her and others sufferings and have been pointless. better to assign a meaning and to live as if one life is significant and and not to give in to despair. it is perhaps this thinking that prompts her to her final act in the film. btw as a minor correction to one other comment here there may be a pattern of v in the film and though i hadn not noticed them myself. but the first letter of veronika name is not a further instance of this while in the cyrillic alphabet and her name begins with a letter which looks like an english b. 
the story told by the cranes are flying is not and admittedly and all that original. young lovers are separated by war while bad things happen to both. we have seen it many times before. nonetheless and we haven not seen it filmed this well and with bold shots that take liberties to emphasize separation and or destruction and or hopelessness. all the more remarkable coming from the soviet union and and reason to conclude that tarkovsky is not the last word in modern era soviet cinema. i was reading chekhov three sisters the other day and and chanced upon what may be the meaning of the title of this film. in act 2 and masha objects to the notion that we must live our lives without meaning or understanding representmasha represent surely mankind must believe in something and or at least seek for the truth and otherwise life is just emptiness and emptiness. to live and not to know why the cranes are flying and why children are born and why there are stars in the sky. either you must know why it is you live and or everything is trivial  mere pointless nonsense. likewise and veronika has a hard time believing that the war and and her and others sufferings and have been pointless. better to assign a meaning and to live as if one life is significant and and not to give in to despair. it is perhaps this thinking that prompts her to her final act in the film. btw as a minor correction to one other comment here there may be a pattern of v in the film and though i hadn not noticed them myself. but the first letter of veronika name is not a further instance of this while in the cyrillic alphabet and her name begins with a letter which looks like an english b. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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