| Les Chevaliers du ciel | |
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 French theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Gérard Pirès |
| Written by | Gilles Malençon |
| Based on | Tanguy et Laverdure by Jean-Michel Charlier Albert Uderzo |
| Produced by | Eric Altmayer Nicolas Altmayer Christopher Granier-Deferre |
| Starring | Benoît Magimel Clovis Cornillac Géraldine Pailhas Alice Taglioni |
| Distributed by | Pathé |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | €19,610,000 |
Les Chevaliers du ciel (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 the characters of Tanguy and Laverdure a part of popular Francophone culture. The film was advertised as "Top-gun new generation"