Steal the Sky

original title:
Steal the Sky
other titles:
Jagdfieber
country / year of production:
USA / 1988
original length:
105 min. , color
premiere:
June 1989
genre:
action
based on:
director:
John D. Hancock
film script:
Christopher Wood , Dorothy Tristan
producer:
cinematographer:
editor:
composer:
cast (role):
Ben Cross , Mariel Hemingway
more:
plot synopsis:
This film takes place during the Six-Day-War in 1966 in Bagdad and deals with an American secret agent, who carries out the order of the Israeli secret service and starts an affair with an Iraqi pilot, to make him hand over a fighter plane to the enemy. But both fall in love with each other. She helps his family to flee and sacrifices their love.
keywords:
made-for-TV film , secret service , pilot , women during wartime , war in the sky , escape
war:
Cold War (1947-1989)
literature:
Pierre Razoux. La Guerre des six jours (5 - 10 juin 1967). Du mythe à la réalité. Paris: Economica, 2004.
remarks:
Was filmed in Nevada.

Was nominated for the "Emmy" in 1989.
availability:
VHS, CD