''Eagle'' ( hr, Orao) is a 1990 Croatian film directed by

Zoran Tadić Zoran Tadić (2 September 1941 – 9 September 2007) was a Croatia, Croatian film director, critic, and pedagogue. Zoran Tadić is considered as one of the most important Cinema of Croatia, Croatian film directors, having directed more than twen ...

. It is based on ''Umjetni orao'', a novel by

Pavao Pavličić Pavao Pavličić (born 16 August 1946, in Vukovar) is a Croatian writer, literary historian and translator whose main focus are crime novels. He writes for both adults and children. Pavao Pavličić was born on August 16, 1946 in Vukovar, where h ...

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...''Orao''
at hrfilm.hr

Release and reception

Shortly after the film was completed, Marjan Film went bankrupt, which was followed by the outbreak of

Yugoslav Wars The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related Naimark (2003), p. xvii. ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and insurgencies that took place in the SFR Yugoslavia from 1991 to 2001. The conflicts both led up to and resulted from ...

. As a result, the film was never distributed theatrically. While

Croatian Film Association The Croatian Film Association ( hr, Hrvatski filmski savez, HFS), also known as the Croatian Film Clubs' Association, is an association of non-professional film and video groups in Croatia. Croatian Film Association was established in 1963. Since 1 ...

'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.

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*{{IMDb title, 0100304, Eagle 1990 films 1990s Croatian-language films Films based on Croatian novels Films set in Zagreb Croatian drama films 1990 drama films Yugoslav drama films