The Eagle Has Landed is a movie directed by John Sturges in 1976 and based on the book of the same name by Jack Higgins, first published in 1975. The movie features Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Anthony Quayle, Jenny Agutter, and others.
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Storyline
Admiral Canaris, head of German military intelligence, is ordered by Adolf Hitler to make a feasibility study into capturing the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Although Canaris considers it a meaningless exercise that will soon be forgotten by the Führer, he knows this will not be the case with Heinrich Himmler. He therefore orders one of his staff officers, Oberst Radl, to begin a study to avoid being possibly discredited.
Movie vs Book
Year
1976
Minutes
135
Movie Rate
6.90
Source: IMDb
Year
1975
Pages
352
Book Rate
8.32
S: Goodreads
Book
The Eagle Has Landed
Author: Jack Higgins
Country: UK
First published in: 1975
Length: 352 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Liam Devlin
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“Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly.”
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