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Anadolu Kartalları (2011)

Anadolu Kartalları poster
Directed by
Ömer Vargı
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Turkey
Runtime
2h
Rated
12
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 32 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A pilot in training joins the Turkish Air Force and pursues a romance. The story follows the young airmen as they work and fall in love against the backdrop of military service.

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What happens

Anadolu Kartalları (Anatolian Eagles) is a Turkish film directed by Ömer Vargi and released in 2011. It is produced by the production company Fida Film, and stars Engin Altan Düzyatan, Özge Özpirinçci and Çağatay Ulusoy. The film, commissioned for the centenary of the Turkish Air Force, was filmed in collaboration with the Turkish Air Force in the air base in Konya. Some aerial scenes were notably performed by Türk Yıldızları and Solo Türk, the aerobatic team of the Turkish Air Force. After cult film 1963 ”Şafak Bekçileri” about airforce, Anadolu Kartalları is second big film about Turkish airforce. The film is the sixth-biggest hit of 2011 Turkish box office, with a total of 1,179,190 entries and grossing 10,217,302 Turkish liras. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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