The Eagle Has Landed (film)

The Eagle Has Landed is a 1976 British film directed by John Sturges and starring Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland and Robert Duvall.

The film begins with captured Second World War film footage of the rescue from Italy of Mussolini by German paratroopers. Inspired by the rescue of Hitlers ally Benito Mussolini by Otto Skorzeny, a similar idea is considered by Hitler, with the support of Himmler Donald Pleasence. Admiral Canaris Anthony Quayle, head of the Abwehr German military intelligence, is ordered to make a feasibility study of the seemingly impossible task of capturing the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and bringing him to Germany.Canaris considers the idea a joke, but realises that although Hitler will soon forget the matter, Himmler will not. Fearing Himmler may try to discredit him, Canaris orders one of his officers, Oberst Radl Robert Duvall to undertake the study, despite feeling that it is a waste of time. ........

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