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Only Old Men Are Going to Battle is a film of genre Drama directed by Leonid Bykov released in USA on 11 november 1973 with Gregory Hlady
Only Old Men Are Going to Battle (1974)
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Add to a movie listOnly Old Men Are Going to Battle (Russian: В бой идут одни «старики», one of the meanings of the Russian idiom "old man" is "most experienced person") is an iconic 1973 Soviet war drama black-and-white film produced in the Ukrainian SSR about World War II fighter pilots, written and directed by Leonid Bykov, who also played the lead role as the squadron commander.
Screenplay by Leonid Bykov, Yevgeni Onopriyenko and Aleksandr Satsky.
Original music by Viktor Shevchenko, cinematography by Vladimir Voytenko. Runtime 92 min. Production by Dovzhenko Film Studios.
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The film combines two storylines: the main war drama plot is paralled with vivid artistic performance - the fighter squadron doubles as an amateur musical group during rest time, led by its enthusiastic commander turned conductor.Actors
Gregory Hlady
(Technician Alexandrova)
Leonid Bykov
(Captain Alexey “Maestro” Titarenko)
Yevgeniya Simonova
(Masha Popova)
Aleksei Smirnov
(Mechanic Makarych)
Vano Yantbelidze
(Lieutenant Vano Kobakhidze)
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