Heroes del Aire (1958)

Directed by

Ramón Torrado

Genre

drama film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 37m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film uses flashbacks to show pilots remembering their experiences in the Spanish Civil War. It was made during the postwar years and treats the conflict in an indirect way.

sombernostalgicreflectiveslow-pacedmelancholicwistful

What happens

Heroes del Aire (aka Air Heroes, Aguilas de Paz, Heroes of the Sky and Hèreos del Air) is a 1958 Spanish war film directed by Ramón Torrado and written by H.S. Valdés and stars Alfredo Mayo, Lina Rosales, Maria Piazzai and Julio Núñez. The film was released on May 19, 1958, by Arturo González Producciones Cinematográficas. During the postwar years, only 21 Spanish films depicted the combat of the Spanish Civil War, with Heroes del Aire treating the subject obliquely in a series of flashbacks. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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