Mikhail Kalatozovs critically-acclaimed, romantic tragedy starring Tatyana Samojlova. Young Moscow couple, Veronika (Samojlova) and Boris (Aleksey Batalov), are deeply in love but are separated when Boris volunteers to join the army during World War II. While she waits for her lover to return, Veronika is raped by Boriss cousin, Fyodor (Vasily Merkuryev), and later - having become resigned to the fact that Boris will never return - agrees to marry him. Special Features Interactive Menus Interviews: New interview with scholar Ian Christie; Audio interview from 1961 with director Mikhail Kalatozov; Interview from 2001 with filmmaker Claude Lelouch on the films French premiere at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival Other Documentary: Hurricane Kalatozov (2009)