Heroes of Halyard
Feature film “Heroes of Halyard”
War drama
Premiere: October 2023
Writer and Director: Radoš Bajić
Co-writers: Dušan Kovačević i Strahinja Madžarević
Cinematographer: Predrag Jočić S.A.S.
Editor: Stevan Marić
Production designer: Jelena Mirković
Costume designer: Boris Čakširan
Makeup artist: Mirjana Stevović
Composers: Bilja Krstić i Dragomir Miki Stanojević
Sound recordist: Vladica Budić
Sound designer: Igor Perović
Re-recording mixer: Roland Vajs
Visual effects: Boriša Simović
Professional consulting: dr Miloš Timotijević
Professional consulting: general Dragan Katanić
1st ADs: Damir Romanov, Ivan Zacero, Marko Stevović i Mladen Šević
Line producer: Snežana Mileusnić
Production manager: Jelena Stojanović
Producers/ Executive producers: Nedeljko Bajić, Jelena Bajić Jočić, Predrag Jočić
Executive producer: Marko Mišković
Cast:
Žarko Laušević, Petar Božović, Radovan Vujović, Nela Mihailović, Nikola Rakočević, Steven William Moore, Čubrilo Čupić, Teodora Dragićević, Vučić Perović, Nina Nešković, Milan Vasić, Nikola Kent, Nebojša Ljubišić, Paul Cless, Jovo Maksić, Radoš Bajić, Voja Brajović, Nebojša Dugalić, Branislav Lečić, Ivan Vučković, Nenad Heraković, Radoje Čupić, Slobodan Ninković, Nedeljko Bajić, Vanja Ejdus, Aleksandar Stojković, Đorđe Marković, Branko Janković, Skot Aleksander Jang, Adam Devenport, Karl Varton, Kevin Klark i mnogi drugi.
Synopsis
At the heart of the film “Heroes of Halyard” is a war drama, a story inspired by the largest ever single rescue mission of downed Allied airmen behind enemy lines in aviation history, 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.
The story of the Halyard Mission is an ode to kindness, humanity and patriotism. It is a saga of the tragedy of a time, of heroism and hopelessness, family, divisions and schisms - about forced and stolen future of Serbian people.
Executive producer of the project is Contrast Studios, in cooperation with Telekom Serbia and Serbian Broadcasting Corporation RTS, sustained by Serbian Film Center and the Government of AP of Vojvodina. The project is supported by companies “Dunav osiguranje” and “Banka Poštanska štedionica“ and hosted by Gornji Milanovac Municipality.
The first part of the project was filmed in 2021 at the outskirts of Belgrade, Kragujevac, Mt Rudnik, as well as the military airfields Batajnica and Kovin. It is continued in 2022 when the essential scenes of this war saga will be shot, mainly in western Serbia, at Ravna gora Mt, villages Pranjani, Leušići, Brajići, Družetići where the drama actually took place almost eight decades ago.
Authors and the numerous crews of “Heroes of Halyard” will revive the Second World War atmosphere in Serbia in this unique story of humanity, kindness, nobility and patriotism, but also about betrayal and fratricide.
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