Film1976135 min

The Eagle Has Landed

Name: The Eagle Has Landed
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Released: 1976
Duration: 135 min
Cast: Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter, Donald Pleasence

Taste attributes: actionadventuredramathrillerwarhistoricalfastunsavouryheavyrealisticlineargrittybig & variedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

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

Boxlist takeSerious and wide-ranging: a realistic war film, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

6.6 /10

TMDB · 212 votes

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What lines up

Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

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.

Synopsis: TMDB