Nebeští jezdci

Nebeští jezdci is a Czechoslovak movie directed by Jindřich Polák in 1968 about Czechoslovak pilots in No. 311 Squadron RAF service during the Battle of Britain, and the ongoing aerial battle in northern Europe.

Sky Riders / Nebeští jezdci
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJindřich Polák
Written byFilip Jánský
Zdeněk Mahler
Jindřich Polák
StarringJiří Bednář
Jiří Hrzán
Svatopluk Matyáš
Music byEvžen Illín
CinematographyJan Němeček
Distributed byÚstřední půjčovna filmů
Release date
  • 1968 (1968) (Czechoslovakia)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguageCzech
Slovak
English
German

Production

The movie is based on the 1964 novel Nebeští jezdci by Czech World War II RAF and Soviet Air Force air gunner Richard Husmann, writing as Filip Jánský.[1] Part of the inspiration for the novel was the story of František "Frankie" Truhlář, a member of Guinea Pig Club, No. 311 Squadron RAF gunner and later No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF pilot. In 1969 Hodder & Stoughton published an English translation of the book as Riders in the Sky.

It was filmed at Klecany military airfield north of Prague.[1]

Cast
  • Jiří Bednář as Sgt. Malý, nicknamed "Študent"
  • Jiří Hrzán as Sgt. Novák, nicknamed "Prcek"
  • Svatopluk Matyáš as Pilot Pavel Kolár
  • Elsie Randolph as Nurse Henderson
  • Charles Cameron as Bradley
  • Jana Nováková as Patricia Watkinson, WAAF member
  • Joan Seton as Watkinson's mother
  • Winston Chrislock as Navigator Tommy
  • Vojtěch Holý as Navigator George
  • Josef Váša as Second pilot Frank

Reception

Nebeští jezdci is often referred as the best Czech war film.[2]

See also

References
  1. Kucera, Pawel (September 2001). "Recreating a Wimpy". Aeroplane Monthly: 72–75.
  2. "Šest filmů, které vás zavedou do války". iDNES.cz. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
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