Stunning WWII flying sequences as the Soviet Air Force battles the Luftwaffe. Veteran Russian pilots teach their new recruits about life, death & love. When the older men fly into battle, will the young pilots be ready to fight - and how many will return?
Directed By
Leonid BykovWritten By
Yevgeni Onopriyenko, Aleksandr Satsky, Leonid BykovCast of Only Old Men Are Going to Battle
Leonid BykovCaptain Alexey “Maestro” Titarenko
Sergei PodgornyjViktor “Smuglyanka” Shchedronov
Sergei IvanovLieutenant "Grasshopper" Alexandrov
Rustam SagdullaevLieutenant "Romeo" Sagdullayev
Yevgeniya SimonovaMasha Popova
Vladimir TalashkoSenior Lieutenant Sergey Skvortsov
Olga MateshkoCaptain Zoya Molchanova
Viktor MiroshnichenkoMajor Ivan Ermakov, Regiment Commander
Aleksei SmirnovMechanic Makarych
Aleksandr Milyutin1st Squadron Pilot
Dmytro MyrhorodskyiInfantry Battalion
Alim FedorinskyAlyabyev
Vano YantbelidzeLieutenant Vano Kobakhidze
Oleksandr NemchenkoIvan Fedorovich
Vilori PashchenkoVorobyov
Yuriy SarantsevVasily Vasilievich, Air Division Commander
Valentin MakarovRegiment Chief of Staff
Leonid MarchenkoPetya Savchuk, Pilot of the 1st Squadron
Boris BoldyrevskyMechanic Sagdullaev
Ivan ReutovMechanic Sergey Skvortsov
Valentin GrudininColonel
Vladimir VolkovParty Organization Secretary
Vladimir BrodskyKolosov
Anatoly YurchenkoSolomatin
Hryhoriy HladyTechnician Alexandrova