Eagles (1984 film)

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
Directed bySamuel Khachikian
StarringSaeed Rad
Jamshid Hashempour
Zari Broumand
Shahab Asgari
Reza Rooygari
Release date
  • 1984 (1984)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian

References
  1. "The Eagles (1985)". Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  2. "پرفروش‌های تاریخ سینمای دفاع مقدس، از عقابها تا اخراجی‌ها". Fararu.com. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
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