Eagles (Persian: عقاب‌ها) is a 1984 Iranian film about an Iranian pilot, Yadollah Sharifirad, whose aircraft shot down by Iraqi Air Force during Iran–Iraq War.[1] 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.[2][3]

Eagles
عقاب‌ها
Directed bySamuel Khachikian
Written byMohammad Reza Yousefi
Story byAbdollah AliKhani
Produced byAli Mazinani and Mansoor Mazinani
StarringSaeed Rad
Jamshid Hashempour
Zari Broumand
Shahab Asgari
Reza Rooygari
CinematographyAli Mazinani
Edited bySamuel Khachikian
Music byMajid Entezami
Release date
  • 1984 (1984)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian

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Eagles is first released at August 4, 1985 in Iran.

References

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  1. ^ "The Eagles (1985)". IMDb. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  2. ^ "پرفروش‌های تاریخ سینمای دفاع مقدس، از عقاب‌ها تا اخراجی‌ها". Fararu.com. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  3. ^ "به یاد ساموئل خاچیکیان و "عقاب ها" پر مخاطب ترین فیلم تاریخ سینمای ایران".
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