Only Old Men Are Going to Battle
Synopsis
Alexey Titarenko is a skilled pilot and courageous leader of the "Singing Group." He is also responsible for training new cadets and fighting alongside them against German Luftwaffe aircraft. Close to Alexey are his friends, who come from different parts of the country but have become like real brothers.
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Edited by Mariya ZorovaShot by Vladimir VoytenkoScored by Viktor ShevchenkoDesigned by Georgi Prokopets
Box Office
1974 · Box office
Produced on a $270K budget
Production budget
$270K
Also known as
- Erfahrene Hasen des Geschwadersde
- Only Old Men Are Going to Battlede
- Only \"Old Men\" Are Going Into Battleen
- Only Old Men Are Going to Battlees
- Seuls les vieux vont au combatfr
- V boj idut odni starikiit
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Cast & Crew
46 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Leonid Bykov
as Aleksey Titarenko
Sergey Podgornyy
as Viktor Shchedronov 'Smuglyanka'
Sergei Ivanov
as leytenant Aleksandrov 'Kuznechik'
Rustam Sagdullaev
as leytenant Sagdullayev 'Romeo'
Evgeniya Simonova
as Masha Popova
Olga Mateshko
as Zoya
Vladimir Talashko
as Sergey Skvortzov
Viktor Miroshnichenko
as mayor Ivan Yermakov 'Kompolka'
Aleksei Smirnov
as Makarych
Alim Fedorinsky
as Alyabyev
Serhiy Pidhornyi
as Viktor “Smuglyanka” Shchedronov
Yevgeniya Simonova
as Masha Popova
Supporting cast
28Volodymyr Talashko
as Senior Lieutenant Sergei Skvortsov
Vano Yantbelidze
as Lieutenant Vano Kobakhidze
Oleksandr Nemchenko
as Ivan Fedorovich
Viloriy Pashchenko
as Vorobyov
Yuriy Sarantsev
as Vasily Vasilievich
Valentyn Makarov
as regiment chief of staff
Leonid Marchenko
as Petya Savchuk
Boris Boldyrevskiy
as mechanic Sagdullaev
Ivan Reutov
as mechanic Sergey Skvortsov
Sergei Zayonts
as pilot
Gregory Hlady
as pilot
Valentin Grudinin
as episode
Dmytro Myrhorodskyi
as episode
Vladimir Volkov
as episode
Viktor Stepanenko
as episode
Vladimir Brodskiy
as episode
Anatoli Yurchenko
as episode
Aleksandr Milyutin
as episode
G Pishchikov
as episode
Stepan Fuchko
as episode
A Kovalsky
as episode
Ivan Bondar
as episode
Vladimir Alekseyenko
as episode
Igor Abashin
as episode (uncredited)
Fedir Ishchenko
as episode (uncredited)
Anatoly Mateshko
as episode (uncredited)
Serafim Strelkov
as episode (uncredited)
Alla Saranova
as episode (uncredited)
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