The Eagle Has Landed

The Eagle Has Landed (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
118 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1976 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
John Sturges

Written By:
Tom Mankiewicz
Jack Higgins

Actors:
Michael Caine ..... Colonel Steiner
Donald Sutherland ..... Liam Devlin
Robert Duvall ..... Colonel Radl
Jenny Agutter ..... Molly
Donald Pleasence ..... Himmler
Anthony Quayle ..... Admiral Canaris
Jean Marsh ..... Joanna Grey
Sven-Bertil Taube ..... Captain von Neustadt
John Standing ..... Father Verecker
Judy Geeson ..... Pamela
Treat Williams ..... Captain Clark
Larry Hagman ..... Colonel Pitts
Alexei Jawdokimov ..... Corporal Kuniski
Richard Wren ..... Karl
Michael Byrne

Synopsis:

John Sturges directed this taut adaptation of Jack Higgins' suspense novel about an attempted kidnapping of Winston Churchill by the German high command during World War II. When it is discovered that in November 1943 Winston Churchill is scheduled to spend a weekend in a country home in Norfolk, the Germans plan to kidnap him. Heinrich Himmler (Donald Pleasence), under orders from Hitler, assigns Nazi colonel Max Radl (Robert Duvall) the chore of sneaking the English-hating Irishman Liam Devlin (Donald Sutherland) into the British countryside and arranging for a 16-man task force to be parachuted into the English country town of Sudley Constable, under the auspices of Colonel Kurt Steiner (Michael Caine). The efficient planning works too well, and before long their exactingly perfect timetable begins to come apart.

Colonel Steiner is a German Officer in WW II who has been court-marshaled for opposing the SS in rounding up Jews. He is offered an assignment to go to England and abduct Winston Churchill. His loyal parachute group dress as Polish soldiers and take over a small English town, supposedly on a training maneuver to await the coming visit of the Prime Minister.

Oberst Steiner, a German parachute unit commander, is sent to England on a covert mission to kidnap Prime Minister Winston Churchill and bring him to Berlin. The seemingly impossible assignment becomes more and more feasible as the mission grows nearer with Steiner and his men arriving in England to a very real possibility of success.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 02 October, 2011.

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