The Eagle Has Landed

"The daring World War II plot that changed the course of history."

Dec 25 1976 PG 2h 15m
Adventure, Drama, Thriller

When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Hitler.

Plot

1943, The war is entering its final stages and Germany is teetering on the brink of defeat. An increasingly unhinged Hitler, orders a mission to have British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill kidnapped and brought to Germany. The plan seems ludicrous in the extreme, but a message sent from a German spy in the Norfolk countryside makes one German officer realize that such a mission may just be feasible.

Written by

Tom Mankiewicz, Jack Higgins

Directed by

John Sturges

Cast

Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

ITC, Associated General Films

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

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