The Eagle Has Landed | Hitchens Virtual Theatre

In November 1943, Heinrich Himmler (Donald Pleasance) received a simple message, "The Eagle Has Landed." It meant that a crack force of German paratroopers were safely in England, poised and ready to kidnap the Prime Minister of England, Winston Churchill. The force is under the command of Colonel Kurt Steiner (Michael Caine). All goes smoothly as the German forces, disguised in Polish uniforms, are accepted by the villagers. But one of the men is killed while rescuing a little girl, and his German uniform is discovered. The entire village has to be taken hostage and hidden in the town church.

Synopsis: Following Mussolini's daring rescue by the SS, Hitler decides Churchill can be abducted and brought to Berlin and orders Wilhelm Canaris chief of Abwerh to make a feasibility study. The feasibility study conceived brilliantly by redoubtable Lt. Col. Radel becomes reality when an Abwehr agent in England reports Churchill's imminent visit to a Bomber Command Unit on the eastern coast...

Production Year:

1976

Released:

Tue, 11/14/2000

Run Time Minutes:

131

Rating:

Genres:

War

Genres:

Drama

Trailer:

Format Aspect Ratio:

2.35-Super Wide Screen

Resolution:

480x720 LowRez

More Information:

HD-1

Audio Language:

English

Audio Format:

Dolby Digital

Audio Channels:

Dolby Surround

Actors:

Michael Caine - Colonel Steiner

Actors:

Donald Sutherland - Liam Devlin

Actors:

Robert Duvall - Colonel Radl

Actors:

Jenny Agutter - Molly

Actors:

Donald Pleasence - Himmler

Actors:

Anthony Quayle - Admiral Canaris

Actors:

Jean Marsh - Joanna Grey

Actors:

Sven-Bertil Taube - Captain von Neustadt

Actors:

John Standing - Father Verecker

Actors:

Judy Geeson - Pamela

Actors:

Treat Williams - Captain Clark

Actors:

Larry Hagman - Colonel Pitts

Actors:

Alexei Jawdokimov - Corporal Kuniski

Actors:

Richard Wren

Actors:

Michael Byrne - Karl

Actors:

Joachim Hansen - SS-Obergruppenfuhrer

Actors:

Denis Lill

Actors:

Rick Parse

Actors:

Leonie Thelen

Actors:

Keith Buckley

Actors:

Terry Plummer

Actors:

Tim Barlow - George Wilde

Actors:

John Barrett - Laker Armsby

Actors:

Kate Binchy

Actors:

Maurice Roeves - Major Corcoran

Actors:

David Gilliam

Actors:

Jeff Conaway - Frazier

Actors:

Asa Teeter

Actors:

Robert G. Reece

Actors:

Jack McCulloch

Actors:

Paul Finemore - Dead Diver

Actors:

Anthony Forrest - Sergeant Hayley

Actors:

Adolf Hitler - Himself (archive footage)

Actors:

Roy Marsden - Gestapo officer

Actors:

Benito Mussolini - Himself (archive footage)

Actors:

Siegfried Rauch - Sgt Brandt

Actors:

Otto Skorzeny - Himself (archive footage)

Actors:

Joachim von Ribbentrop - Himself (archive footage)

Actors:

Leigh Dilley - Winston Churchill

Actors:

Wolf Kahler - Hauptstormf?hrer Fleischer

Actors:

Kent Williams - Mallory