Les Chevaliers du ciel

Les Chevaliers du ciel (English: Sky Fighters) is a 2005 French film directed by Gérard Pirès about two air force pilots preventing a terrorist attack on the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris. It is based on Tanguy et Laverdure, a comics series by Jean-Michel Charlier and Albert Uderzo – of Astérix fame, which was also made into a hugely successful TV series from 1967 to 1969 making Tanguy and Laverdure, the two main heroes, part of popular Francophone culture.

Director: Gérard Pirès

Genre: Action, Adventure

Cast: Benoît Magimel, Clovis Cornillac, Géraldine Pailhas, Alice Taglioni, Jean-Baptiste Puech, Christophe Reymond, Philippe Torreton, Rey Reyes, Peter Hudson, Fiona Curzon

• Release date: 2005-10-15
• Runtime: 102
• Country: Belgium, France, Germany
• Budget: 20,000,000

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