Underplayed Gems

Eagles (1984)

Eagles poster
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
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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.

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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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