Eagles (1984)

Original title

عقابها

Directed by

Samuel Khachikian

Genre

war film, action film

Country

Iran

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Iranian pilot is shot down by the Iraqi Air Force during the Iran-Iraq War. The movie follows his journey to escape and return home to Iran.

suspensefulpatriotictensegrittyslow-burndeterminedserious

What happens

Eagles (Persian: عقاب‌ها) is a 1985 Iranian film about an Iranian pilot, Yadollah Sharifirad, whose aircraft shot down by Iraqi Air Force during Iran–Iraq War. The story is about his escape back to Iran. This movie is considered the first major war movie in Iranian cinema. It is estimated that 18 percent of Iranian population watched the movie at the time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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