Title:

PARTIZANSKA ESKADRILA/ THE BATTLE OF THE EAGLES

*remastered

Running time:

2h 10 min

Released:

1979.

The original format:

35 mm

Digital format:

HD 1920 x 1080

Directed by:

Hajrudin Šiba Krvavac

Screenplay by:

Đorđe Lebović, Miljenko Smoje

Cast:

Bekim Fehmiu, Velimir Bata Živojinović, Ljubiša Samardžić, Radoš Bajić, Branko Pleša

Production company:

Sutjeska film Sarajevo

Director of photography:

Dragan Ressner

Music by:

Bojan Adamič

Scenography:

Milan Nejedly, Mile Todorović, Miodrag Mirić, Berislav Petrušić

Costume design:

Maja Galasso

Costume design:

Franjo Likar

Edited by:

Miroslav Hajek

Synopsis:

In spring of 1942, the German Luftwaffe is a supreme ruler not only of Yugoslav skies but of most of the Europe. At the time, the Partisans had airplanes which were, as their other weapons, won from the enemy. This film tells a story of how the Partisan air forces were established and how they managed in their first fights.