Only "Old Men" Are Going Into Battle
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| Directed by | Leonid Bykov |
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| Starring | Leonid Bykov |
| Cinematography | Vladimir Voytenko |
| Edited by | M. Zorovoy |
| Music by | Viktor Shevchenko |
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Running time | 92 min |
| Country | Soviet Union (Ukrainian SSR) |
| Languages | Russian, Ukrainian |
Only "Old Men" Are Going Into Battle (Russian: В бой идут одни «старики», romanized: V boy idut odni "stariki"; 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 USSR 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, Yevgeny Onopriyenko and Aleksandr Satsky.
Original music by Viktor Shevchenko, cinematography by Vladimir Voytenko. Runtime 92 min. Production by Dovzhenko Film Studios.