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Only Old Men Are Going to Battle
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Only Old Men Are Going to Battle

1974-08-12 · 92 min · ★ 7.8

War · Drama · Comedy · Romance

Alexey Titarenko is very talented pilot and brave leader of "Singing group". He also must look after some new cadets and fight together with them against German Luftwaffe planes. Close to Alexey always are his friends, they are all from different parts of the country, but they all became real brothers.

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Directors
Leonid Bykov
Production companies
Dovzhenko Film Studios
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released
Budget
USD 269,750

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Leonid BykovLeonid BykovCaptain Aleksei “Maestro” Titarenko
Serhiy PidhornyiSerhiy PidhornyiViktor “Smuglyanka” Shchedronov
Sergei IvanovSergei IvanovLieutenant "Kuznechik" Alexandrov
Rustam SagdullaevRustam SagdullaevLieutenant "Romeo" Sagdullayev
Yevgeniya SimonovaYevgeniya SimonovaMasha Popova
Olga MateshkoOlga MateshkoCaptain Zoya Molchanova
Volodymyr TalashkoVolodymyr TalashkoSenior Lieutenant Sergei Skvortsov
Viktor MiroshnichenkoViktor MiroshnichenkoMajor Ivan Ermakov
Aleksei SmirnovAleksei Smirnovmechanic Makarych
Alim FedorinskyAlim FedorinskyAlyabyev
Vano YantbelidzeVano YantbelidzeLieutenant Vano Kobakhidze
Oleksandr NemchenkoOleksandr NemchenkoIvan Fedorovich
Viloriy PashchenkoVorobyov
Yuriy SarantsevYuriy SarantsevVasily Vasilievich
Valentyn MakarovValentyn Makarovregiment chief of staff
Leonid MarchenkoLeonid MarchenkoPetya Savchuk
Boris BoldyrevskiyBoris Boldyrevskiymechanic Sagdullaev
Ivan ReutovIvan Reutovmechanic Sergey Skvortsov
Sergei Zayontspilot
Gregory HladyGregory Hladypilot

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