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Actors: Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Eagle Has Landed |
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In November of 1943, a crack team of German paratroopers, lead by Kurt Steiner and aided by IRA gunman Liam Devlin, land in south-eastern England. Their mission: To kidnap Winston Churchill from a local mansion where he is relaxing and bring him back to England...or die trying. All goes well until one of the paratroopers dies while rescuing a village girl and his German uniform is revealed. Steiner and his men soon finding themselves facing off against American Army Rangers. Despite, the defeat of his men, Steiner is able to get to the mansion and into an encounter that could change the course of the war.
This movie is from the novel by Jack Higgins.
--Matthew W. Kresal, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Special Forces
Specific to
- WW II
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- red
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Irish/McCourt
Main Adversary
Identity:
- enemy army
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Germany
- England/UK
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
Kind of violence:
- land battles
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- crushed
- flamed
- perforation--bullets
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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