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.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. 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 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.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.
