Eagle (1990 film)
{{short description|1990 Croatian film directed by Zoran Tadić}}
{{distinguish|Eagle (1991 film)}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Eagle
| image =
| alt =
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| native_name = {{Infobox name module|hr|Orao}}
| director = Zoran Tadić
| producer =
| writer = Pavao Pavličić
| based_on = {{Based on|Umjetni orao|Pavao Pavličić}}
| narrator =
| starring = Ivica Vidović
Božidar Orešković
Vlatko Dulić
Zdenko Jelčić
Ljiljana Blagojević
Gordana Gadžić
Iva Marjanović
Renata Jurković
Ksenija Pajić
Fabijan Šovagović
| music = Darko Rundek
| cinematography = Goran Trbuljak
| editing = Vladimir Klešćić
| studio = Marjan Film
Color 2000
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1990|6|4|Yugoslavia|ref1=}}
| runtime = 92 minutes{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://film.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=1296|title=Orao|encyclopedia=Filmski leksikon|publisher=Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography|language=hr|accessdate=23 March 2021}}
| country = Yugoslavia
| language = Serbo-Croatian
| budget =
| gross =
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Eagle ({{langx|hr|Orao}}) is a 1990 Croatian film directed by Zoran Tadić. It is based on Umjetni orao, a novel by Pavao Pavličić.{{cite web|url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/arhiva/losa-sudbina-izuzetnih-ostvarenja/3846309/ |title=Loša sudbina izuzetnih ostvarenja |date=6 March 2007 |work=Jutarnji list |last=Polimac |first=Nenad |authorlink=Nenad Polimac |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118231611/http://www.jutarnji.hr/losa-sudbina-izuzetnih-ostvarenja/215804/ |archivedate=18 November 2015 |language=hr |url-status=live |accessdate=23 May 2018}}
Plot summary
Radovan Orlak, known to his friends as Orao (Eagle), fell to his death off a high-rise building on his birthday. Upon hearing the news, four of his long-time friends - Milan, Dražen, Krešo and Vlado - realize how little they actually knew about him and begin to investigate in the hopes of uncovering what really happened. They assume their friend has committed suicide, and begin to exact revenge on people whom they deem responsible. After a while, they find out that Orao was seen with an unidentified man on the night of his death, and begin to suspect he was actually murdered...[http://hrfilm.hr/baza_film.php?id=143 Orao] at hrfilm.hr {{in lang|hr}}{{cite web|title=Eagle plot summary recap (IMDB)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100304/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl/|accessdate=February 20, 2013}}{{cite journal|url=http://www.hfs.hr/nakladnistvo_zapis_detail.aspx?sif_clanci=1843|title=Žanrovsko u izabranim trilerima iz autorskog opusa Zorana Tadića: Orao|first=Ljiljana|last=Šišmanović|journal=Zapis|issue=58|year=2007|publisher=Croatian Film Association|language=hr|accessdate=22 September 2020}}
==Cast==
- Vlatko Dulić – Vlado
- Ivica Vidović – Krešo
- Zdenko Jelčić – Milan
- Božidar Orešković – Dražen
- Fabijan Šovagović – Kristofić
- Gordana Gadžić – Zlatka
- Ksenija Pajić – Branka
- Iva Marjanović – Jasna
- Ljiljana Bogojević – Zdravka
- Renata Ćurković – Marjana
- Otokar Levaj – Tajnik
- Smiljka Bencet – Čistačica
- Boris Festini – Violinist
Release and reception
Shortly after the film was completed, Marjan Film went bankrupt, which was followed by the outbreak of Yugoslav Wars. As a result, the film was never distributed theatrically.
While Croatian Film Association's database assessed Eagle as Tadić's weakest film to date, Croatian film critic Nenad Polimac listed it in his 2007 selection of "lost classics" of Croatian cinema.
References
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