Riders in the Sky
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The story of Czech pilots in RAF service during the Battle of Britain, and the ongoing aerial battle in Northern Europe. It tells the story of the crews of the RAF’s No. 311 Squadron, which was mainly crewed by escaped Czech airmen, and their bombing raids during the Second World War.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1968-12-20
Runtime: 91 mins
Director: Jindřich Polák
Spoken language: Český
Genres: War
Original title: Riders in the Sky
Production Companies: Filmové studio Barrandov
Production Countries: Czechoslovakia
Cast
Jiří Bednář
Jiří Hrzán
Svatopluk Matyáš
Elsie Randolph
Jana Nováková
Joan Seton
Charles Cameron
Winston Chrislock
Geoffrey Russell-Jones
Vojtěch Holý
Josef Váša
Victor Carter
Ivan Krajíček
Jaroslav Rozsíval
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