---
title: 'Only "Old Men" Are Going Into Battle (1973)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Leonid Bykov'
released: '1973-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 92
genres:
  - 'War'
  - 'Music'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/only-old-men-are-going-into-battle-1973'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070861/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Only "Old Men" Are Going Into Battle (1973)

1973 · 92 min · War, Music, Comedy · Soviet Union

Original title: В бой идут одни «старики»

## Synopsis

Only "Old Men" Are Going Into Battle is an iconic 1973 Soviet war comedy-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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Leonid Bykov](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-bykov)
- **Screenplay:** [Leonid Bykov](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-bykov), [Yevhen Onopriyenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevhen-onopriyenko), [Oleksandr Satsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleksandr-satsky)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vladimir Voytenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-voytenko)

## Cast

- [Aleksei Smirnov](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksei-smirnov)
- [Leonid Bykov](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-bykov)
- [Volodymyr Talashko](https://cinepixo.com/people/volodymyr-talashko)

## Criticism on CinePixo

No reviews published yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/only-old-men-are-going-into-battle-1973
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1626585); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.