Grandmother — The Cranes Are Flying Character Profile

About Grandmother

Boris's compassionate grandmother who facilitates the bond between Boris and Veronika by delivering the stuffed squirrel and love note. She represents continuity, love, and familial warmth.

Character Facts

Played by

Antonina Bogdanova

Appears in

The Cranes Are Flying (1957)

Role

Supporting

More characters from The Cranes Are Flying

• Veronika (Tatyana Samoylova)
• Boris (Aleksey Batalov)
• Fyodor Ivanovich (Vasili Merkuryev)
• Mark (Aleksandr Shvorin)
• Lyuba (Valentina Ananina)
• Irina (Svetlana Kharitonova)
• Anatoliy Aleksandrovich Kuzmin (Georgiy Kulikov)
• Sachkov (Leonid Knyazev)
• Volodya (Konstantin Kadochnikov)
• Wounded Man (Daniil Netrebin)
• Woman Soldier (Valentina Vladimirova)
• Veronika's Mother (Galina Stepanova)