The Far Sky

The Far Sky

1982 · 84 min · ★ 6.7 · Action, Drama

A youth has a burning ambition to be a pilot, but this is met with opposition by his mother because his father, also a pilot, was killed in a jet-fighter crash in a storm. The youth goes ahead with his career but one day he encounters a bad storm.

Directed by Stjepan Čikeš · Written by Vladimir Bunjac

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