When Heroes Fly: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Inspired by a bestselling novel, this dramatic thriller centres on four friends, war veterans of a Special Forces unit, who, eleven years after falling out, must reunite for one final and deeply personal rescue mission.

When they receive news that Yaeli, a former lover of one of the friends and sister of another – long believed to be dead – may still be alive, the four friends embark on a mission to find her. Their journey takes them deep into the heart of the Colombian jungle, where they soon realise that if they are to succeed in their search, each of them must first confront the trauma that tore them apart so many years before. For Yaeli ran as far as she could from the people she loved the most, to save herself from the shadow of death they cast upon her.

Featuring breathtaking action sequences, When Heroes Fly is a fast-paced thriller centring on strong characters who have seen the dark side of life, and must walk through fire and brimstone once again in order to find peace. It's about healing, second chances and loss, but, most of all, it's about the power of life and the human strength to fight for it…

Series details

• Title: When Heroes Fly
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Hebrew
• Genres: Drama, Action, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2018-05-05
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Keshet 12
• Network country: Israel
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 36735
• IMDb ID: tt8220344
• TVDB ID: 344472

Cast and credited roles

• Tomer Capone — Aviv Danino
• Ninette Tayeb — Yael 'Yaeli' Ashkenazi
• Michael Aloni — Dotan 'Himmler' Fridman
• Nadav Netz — Dov 'Dubi' Ashkenazi
• Moshe Ashkenazi — Yakir 'Benda' Ben-David

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-05-05; final listed air date 2018-06-10.

Source and licence

Adapted from When Heroes Fly on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.