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High Flyers

2020 · 1 season

A steady, earnest training drama that builds camaraderie and pressure toward a tense overseas mission.

Created by
Bobby Boermans
Genres
Drama, Action & adventure, War & politics
Starring
Josha Stradowski, Soy Kroon, Sinem Kavus
Overview
Follow three friends through their many years of intensive training to become fighter pilots with the Royal Netherlands Air Force and as they graduate and carry out a dangerous mission in the Middle East.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Bobby Boermans
Genres
Drama, Action & adventure, War & politics
Starring
Josha Stradowski, Soy Kroon, Sinem Kavus
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • friendship
    • ambition
    • war
    • loyalty
    • coming-of-age
    Places
    • military
    • wilderness
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action5
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance2
    Tension5
    Darkness4
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, action & adventure, war & politics
    Created by
    Bobby Boermans
    Starring
    Josha Stradowski, Soy Kroon, Sinem Kavus, Claire Bender, Geert Lageveen, Errol McCabe, Rogier Philipoom, Lynn Broussard
    Music
    Fons Merkies, Laurens Goedhart
    Cinematography
    Lennert Hillege, Jeroen de Bruin
    Length
    1 seasons, 8 episodes, 45 min each
    Network
    EO, NPO 1
    Country
    Jordan, Morocco, Netherlands, United States of America
    Languages
    Dutch

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