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79% Critic Match
Only Old Men Are Going to Battle
7.9 / 10• 1974• 1h 32m•NR• Russian
WarDramaComedyRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Leonid Bykov
Captain Aleksei “Maestro” Titarenko
Lead
Serhiy Pidhornyi
Viktor “Smuglyanka” Shchedronov
Sergei Ivanov
Lieutenant "Kuznechik" Alexandrov
Rustam Sagdullaev
Lieutenant "Romeo" Sagdullayev
Yevgeniya Simonova
Masha Popova
Olga Mateshko
Captain Zoya Molchanova
Volodymyr Talashko
Senior Lieutenant Sergei Skvortsov
Viktor Miroshnichenko
Major Ivan Ermakov
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Leonid Bykov's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Only Old Men Are Going to Battle is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
