Der Adler ist gelandet

Originaltitel: The Eagle Has Landed

1976
PG
2 Std. 15 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,9/10

25.727

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Jenny Agutter, Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, and Donald Sutherland in Der Adler ist gelandet (1976)

A German plot to kidnap Sir Winston Churchill unfolds at the height of World War II.

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Ein deutsches Komplott zur Entführung von Premierminister Winston Churchill spielt sich auf dem Höhepunkt des Zweiten Weltkriegs ab.Ein deutsches Komplott zur Entführung von Premierminister Winston Churchill spielt sich auf dem Höhepunkt des Zweiten Weltkriegs ab.Ein deutsches Komplott zur Entführung von Premierminister Winston Churchill spielt sich auf dem Höhepunkt des Zweiten Weltkriegs ab.

Regie
- John Sturges
Drehbuch
- Tom Mankiewicz
- Jack Higgins
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,9/10

25.727

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Regie
- John Sturges
Drehbuch
- Tom Mankiewicz
- Jack Higgins
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

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Trailer 2:54

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Sir Michael Caine was originally offered the role of Devlin, but did not want to play an I.R.A. member, and requested to play Steiner instead.

Patzer
When Col. Steiner knocks one of the guards unconscious towards the end of the film, he impersonates the call-sign "Delta 2." The NATO alphabet which used that term for D ("Delta") was not adopted until 1956. The WW2 call-sign would have been "Dog 2."

Zitate
Captain Clark: Colonel, there's no such thing as "death with honor". Just death.
Colonel Kurt Steiner: I have no intention of dying now. But if I'm going to, allow me to choose where and how.

Alternative Versionen
The Carlton distributed DVD "Michael Caine double bill" is the full uncut version incorporating all the cut scenes, including the blood from Colonel Pitts' head and the shot in the back of the soldier. However on the description of the film it has the wrong film length info, it is about 12 minutes longer than shown.

Verbindungen
Edited into Give Me Your Answer True (1987)

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7/10

A Fine Good Bye for John Sturges

"The Eagle has Landed" is a fine World War II fiction film placed in England that deals with a German commando operation planned to kidnap (or kill) Winston Chruchill.

The pìcture is most entertaining right from the start -when the plan is designed- and keeps up all along when it comes to the operation's achieving. A good script, excellent British outdoor locations, well made action sequences and a most competent cast are highlights of the film. Its also interesting that the German commandos are shown as decent and even likable men, professional soldiers that just like the allies fight a war for their country even if they don't agree with the Nazi regime that rules it.

"The Eagle has Landed" is also a good farewell from movies for director John Sturges (this is his last work in direction) a prolific man that gave us movie and western fans very good titles of the genre such us "Gunfight at OK Corral", "The Magnificent Seven", "Last Train from Gun Hill" and the more contemporary "Bad Day at Black Rock".

A most entertaining and enjoyable film in the genre.