The Eagle Has Landed
The daring World War II plot that changed the course of history.
AdventureDramaActionThrillerWarbased on novel or booknazienglandworld war iibenito mussolinibritish politicseye patchnorfolk1940swinston churchillalderney
A tense, historically-grounded WWII thriller built around an audacious Nazi kidnapping plot against Churchill, balancing strategic intrigue with action and period atmosphere.
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.
Essence
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Michael Caine
Col. Kurt Steiner
Donald Sutherland
Liam Devlin
Robert Duvall
Col. Max Radl
Jenny Agutter
Molly Prior
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
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