Only 'Old Men' Are Going to Battle (English subtitles). Part 3/9.

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Only 'Old Men' Are Going to Battle (English subtitles). Part 3/9.

One of the best Russian films about the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The old men in this squadron were no older than twenty, but those wet behind the ears, a reinforcement fresh from flying schools with accelerated training, were not allowed to go to battle for quite a while They were yet to experience everything the heat of the battle, the joy of the first victory over the enemy, the grandeur of a brotherhood strengthened with blood, the first love, and the bitterness of a lossAnd there came the day when, on hearing the command only old men are going to battle, it was them who rushed to their planesOnly during its first year at the theatres, the film was seen by 44.3 million viewers a record in the history of world cinema. When this war musical was released (1973), audiences thronged at the theatres, asking for a spare ticket, and the old, long-forgotten Darkie song became very popular again. Incidentally, the character nicknamed Darkie had a real-life prototype Leonid Bykovs childhood friend, Victor Shcheglov.

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This movie is about war! Our war, that killed 30 million people. It is about love. Love which does have country borders or nationalism! It is about soviet heroes, who died letting us live. Who died fighting against Hitler! There is no Soviet propaganda, which makes it suitable for any generation and for any person. The main idea is people. Their relationships, their dreams, their believes, their sacrifice and tears. This movie let you think about war. It wont show you physical pain, it will show you inner grief. Watch it and think twice voting for people who start wars, who says that your nation is better, who let people die!

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Crew:
Directed by Leonid BYKOV
Screenplay by Leonid BYKOV, Yevgeny ONOPRIYENKO, Alexander SATSKY
Director of Photography Vladimir VOITENKO
Production Designer Georgy PROKOPETS
Music by V. SHEVCHENKO
Chief Consultant - Hero of the Soviet Union, General-Lieutenant of the Air Force S.I. KHARLAMOV

Cast:
Titarenko - L. BYKOV
Darkie - S. PODGORNY
Grasshopper - S. IVANOV
Romeo - R. SAGDULLAYEV
Masha - Ye. SIMONOVA
Zoya - O. MATESHKO
Skvortsov - V. TALASHKO
Regiment Commander - V. MIROSHNICHENKO
Makarych - A. SMIRNOV
Alyabyev - A. FEDORINSKY
Vano - V. YANTBELIDZE
Ivan Fyodorovich - A. NEMCHENKO
Vorobyov - V. PASHCHENKO

Awards
* Best Actor Award to L. Bykov at the 7th All-Union Film Festival in Baku, 1974Prize of the Central Committee of the Union of Czechoslovakian Friendship at the 19th IFF in Karlovy Vary (Czechoslovakia), 1974Top Prize at the Films for Freedom IFF in Conome (Yugoslavia), 1974A. Dovzhenko Silver Medal to director/actor L. BykovT. Shevchenko State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR for Cinematography to L. Bykov, director and lead actor in the films Only Old Men Are Going to Battle and One-Two, Soldiers Were Going, 1977.

© Alexander Dovzhenko Film Studio, 1973.
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Internet Movie database:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070861/
Internet Movie database (comments):
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070861/usercomments
RUSCICO:
http://www.ruscico.com/dvd.php?lang=en&dvd=401
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English Subtitles by T. Kameneva (from original DVD).
http://subs.com.ru/page.php?id=8403

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  • @IIKainII1

    Хммм... Вообще-то старик (old man) и дедушка (grandfather) - это два разных слова на любом языке, а то порой и разные понятия (в зависимости, естественно, от контекста). Так что ни русский, ни английский языки тут ни при чём.

  • @PyccoTypucmo

    Та не, ничего. Просто русский язык, а тем более жаргонные словечки в английском варианте смешно выглядят.

    Можно было бы еще так: Оnly "grandfathers" Are Going to Battle :)

  • @IIKainII1

    Не понял. А что здесь смешного?

  • Only 'Old Men'

    Х) ржунимагу

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