The Heroes of Halyard

Serbia | Radoš Bajić | Srpski | 114 minutes

Presented by System Entertainment
Canadian Premiere

The film “The Heroes of Halyard” is inspired by historical events. In the spring of 1944, at the end of the Second World War, the largest single rescue operation of American and the Allied Air Forces’ pilots in the history of world aviation, known as “The Operation Halyard”, was underway in the heart of Šumadija. The Serbian people saved 508 American and other Ally pilots from certain death.

An untold war story about the tragedy of a time, about heroism and despair, about friendship, sacrifice and nobility, about love and kindness.

Sunday, November 19
Doors 2:00 pm | Movie 2:30 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
Advance tickets HERE | $25 at the door

HEROES OF HALYARD “Heroji Halijarda” (Radoš Bajić, 2023 / 140 mins / Serbian with English subtittles) An untold war story about the tragedy of a time, about heroism and despair, about friendship, sacrifice and nobility, about love and kindness.

Režija / Directed by: Radoš Bajić
U glavnim ulogama / Starring: Žarko Laušević, Petar Božović, Nela Mihailović, Nikola Rakočević, Radovan Vujović, Steven William Moore, Čubrilo Čupić, Nina Nešković, Teodora Dragićević, Vučić Perović, Milan Vasić…
Scenario / Written by: Radoš Bajić
Žanr / Genre: biography, drama, history
Trajanje / Duration: 140 min

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A story inspired by the largest single rescue mission of downed Allied airmen behind enemy lines in aviation history of all time, codenamed “The Halyard Mission”. This action took place in the summer of 1944. It was led by the Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland that was headed by General Dragoljub “Draža” Mihailović. It was at great cost and sacrifice that the Serbian people saved 508 American and other Allied countries’ airmen from certain death, sending them off to safety from the improvised airfield in the Serbian village of Pranjani, at the foot of Mt Suvobor.

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