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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)

Only Old Men Are Going to Battle
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Released in USA 11 november 1973
Length 1h32
Directed by
Genres Drama,    War,    Comedy,    Action,    Musical,    Romance
Rating81% 4.094124.094124.094124.094124.09412

Only 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.
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Synopsis

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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